Members

RISING Co-directors:
Heather Smith, Professor of Geography at the University North Carolina at Charlotte

Claire Schuch, Receptivity, Inclusion, and Community Engagement postdoctoral fellow at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte

RISING Members:
Maren Coffman, Associate Professor of Nursing at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Mike Dulin, Director of the Academy for Population Health Innovation (APHI) at the University of North Carolina of Charlotte

Owen Furuseth, retired Associate Provost for Metropolitan Studies and Extended Academic Programs

Jess George, Community Impact Manager for Google Fiber

Susan Harden, Assistant Professor of Education in the University of North Carolina of Charlotte College of Education

Colleen Hammelman, Assistant Professor of Geography at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Tom Hanchett, Community Historian

Silva Mathema, Senior Policy Analyst on the Immigration Policy team at the Center for American Progress

Paul McDaniel, Assistant Professor of Geography at Kennesaw State University

Oliver Merino, Latino New South Coordinator at Levine Museum of the New South

Elizabeth Morrell, Geography and Urban Regional Analysis PhD candidate at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Wendy Pascual, Co-founder and former Executive Director of Camino Community Center, CrossWays Consulting

Betsabe Rojas, UNC Charlotte Martin Scholar

Brisa Urquieta de Hernandez, Senior Management Associate, Community Health, Atrium Health

Qingfang Wang, Associate Professor of Public Policy at the University of California Riverside

Emily Zimmern, Executive Director and President of Levine Museum of the New South from 1995 to 2015

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