Office of the Executive Director

Office of Graduate Intern Programs, and Office of Research & Evaluation

Molly Lamb
Executive Director
Email: mehle01s@uis.edu
Office: PAC 408
(217) 206-8622
Molly Lamb Resume

Brandy Lane
Director, CSPL Operations and
Graduate Intern Programs
Email: blane54@uis.edu
Office: PAC 410
(217) 206-7163

Jennifer Cook
Administrative Assistant
Email: jcook36@uis.edu
Office: PAC 409
(217) 206-7990

Sue Patterson
Business Manager II
Email: spatt1@uis.edu
Office: PAC 460
(217) 206-6029

Rob Raleigh
Administrative Specialist
Email: rrale1@uis.edu
Office: PAC 412
(217) 206-7984

Michele Sapp
Business Manager II
Email: msapp1@uis.edu
Office: PAC 474
(217) 206-7987

Jason Haynes
Assistant Director, GPSI
jhayn3@uis.edu
Office: PAC 403
(217) 206-6153

Alan Simmons
Research Director
asimm2@uis.edu
Office: PAC 466
(217) 206-6591

Beverly Bunch
Professor
bbunc2@uis.edu
Office: PAC 476
(217) 206-6080

Patricia Byrnes
Associate Professor
pbyrn1@uis.edu
Office: PAC 454
(217) 206-7783

Jennifer Cifaldi
Traffic Safety Resource Prosecutor
jcifa2@uis.edu
Office: PAC 409
(217) 206-6343

Mickey Edwards
Visiting Research Specialist
hedwa4@uis.edu
Office: PAC 409
(217) 206-6343

Andrea Graff
Program Coordinator - SUPR
ataft01s@uis.edu
Office: PAC 454
(217) 206-6079

Cindy Jones
Research Manager
mjone27@uis.edu
Office: PAC 452
(217) 206-6392

Thomas Morey
Law Enforcement Liaison
tmore3@uis.edu
Office: PAC 409
(217) 206-6343

Seung-Hoon Oh
Visiting Research Specialist
soh78@uis.edu
Office: PAC 409
(217) 206-6343

Tondalaya Reece
Program Coordinator
treec2@uis.edu
Office: PAC 409
(217) 206-6591

Desiree Sierens
Deputy Traffic Safety Resource Prosecutor
bromme@uis.edu
Office: PAC 409

Tih-Fen Ting
Associate Professor,
IDNR Osprey Project
tting1@uis.edu
Office: PAC 316
(217) 206-7876

John Transue
Associate Professor
jtran8@uis.edu
Office: PAC 482
(217) 206-8383

Nicholas Waterbury
Visiting Assistant Research Director
nwate3@uis.edu
Office: PAC 464
(217) 206-6343

Alliance for Experiential and Problem Based Learning

Amy Wheeler
Director
awhee6@uis.edu
Office: PAC 423
(217) 206-8183

Jenny Calix
Administrative Assistant
jcalix@uis.edu
Office: DCFS-OIG Springfield Office

Tamara DelValley
IL CDRT Director
tskub2@uis.edu
Office: PAC 409

Joshua Friedman
Vst. Law Enforcement Specialist and Simulation Facilitator & Curriculum Designer
jfrie2@uis.edu
Office: PAC 411
(217) 206-8039

Sarah Garcia
Vst. Criminal Background Research Associate
skoll4@uis.edu
Office: 4 W Old State Capitol

Tawnya Hackler
Vst. Sim Facilities and Curriculum Designer
thack4@uis.edu
Office: PAC 417
(217) 206-6343

Kathleen Hardy
Visiting Research Associate, DCFS OIG
khardy7@uis.edu
Office: PAC 409

Dana Lhor
Vst. Legal Investigator, DCFS OIG
dlohr1@uis.edu

Taylor McCarthy
Program Assistant
tarno2@uis.edu
Office: PAC 419
(217) 206-8523

Carrie Ramsden
Assoc. Deputy, Financial
& Policy Investigations, DCFS OIG
crams2@uis.edu
Office: 4 W. Old State Capitol Plz.

Margaret Smith
Vst. Assoc Director Intake
msmit67@uis.edu

Lisa Wiemhoff
Training Development Specialist
Lisa.A.Wiemhoff@illinois.gov
DCFS-OIG Chicago Office

Illinois Innocence Project

Stephanie Kamel
Director
skame2@uis.edu
Office: PAC 450
217-206-8731

Erin Appenzeller
Business/Administrative Associate
eappe3@uis.edu
Office: PAC 451A
(217) 206-8082

Lynn Bagley
Visiting Staff Investigator
lbagl2@uis.edu
Office: PAC 429
(217) 206-6569

Marc Beach
Visiting Associate Director, Wrongful Conviction Awareness & Avoidance
mbeach@uis.edu
Office: PAC 429
(217) 255-0826

Leanne Beyer
Visiting Staff Attorney
lbeye2@uis.edu
Office: PAC 429
(217) 206-6569

Andrea Davidsmeyer
Case & Office Assistant
ascog2@uis.edu
Office: PAC 429

Maria de Arteaga
Senior Staff Attorney
mdear3@uis.edu
Office: Chicago
(217) 206-6569

Larry Golden
Professor Emeritus
lgold1@uis.edu
Office: PAC 429A
(217) 206-7885

Kendal Hendrickson
Staff Attorney
khend@uis.edu
Office: PAC 429
(217) 206-6569

Lauren Kaeseberg
Associate Legal Director
lkase2@uis.edu
Office: Chicago
(217) 206-6569

Brandon Klages
Staff Attorney
bklag3@uis.edu
Office: PAC 429
(217) 206-6569

Karen Meidel
Program Services Specialist
kmeid2@uis.edu

Office: PAC 405
(217) 206-6569

Abigail Perhai
Paralegal Assistant
apherha2@uis.edu
Office: PAC 451

Courtney Reed
Associate Director of Operations
creed21@uis.edu
Office: PAC 458
(217) 206-6569

Kaylan Schardan
Case Intake & Staff Attorney
kscha23@uis.edu
Office: PAC 429

Kasey Thelen
Program Coordinator
kthel2@uis.edu
Office: PAC 429
(217) 206-6569

Kiran Desai
Volunteer
kdesa3@uis.edu
Office: PAC 429
(217) 206-6271

Brian Otwell
Volunteer
botwe3@uis.edu
Office: PAC 429
(217) 206-6217

Dennis Rumme
Volunteer
drumm3@uis.edu
Office: PAC 429
(217) 206-6271

Office of Electronic Media

Cody Pope
Director
cpope6@uis.edu
Office: PAC 138A
(217) 206-6799

Dylan Sherrill
Cinema/Creative Video Production
dsher4@uis.edu
Office: PAC 138

Mike Taylor
Producer/Director
mtayl22@uis.edu
Office: PAC 138E
(217) 206-6189

Mark Verduin
Producer/Director
mverd2@uis.edu
Office: PAC 138C
(217) 206-6799

NPR Illinois

Randy Eccles
General Manager
reccl2@uis.edu
Office: WUIS 109
(217) 206- 6403

Audrey Bellot
Office Manager
abell30@uis.edu
Office: WUIS 130
(217) 206-9847

Tim Boll
Chief Broadcast Engineer
tboll@uis.edu
Office: WUIS 130A
(217) 206-6406

Beatrice Bonner
Community Voices Editor
bbonn3@uis.edu
Office: WUIS 113
(217) 206-6643

Sean Crawford
Managing Editor
scraw1@uis.edu
Office: WUIS 130C
(217) 206-6408

Vanessa Ferguson
Community Voices Production Coordinator
vfergu3@uis.edu
Office: WUIS
(217) 206-7717

Kate McKenzie
Development Director
kscho03s@uis.edu
Office: WUIS
(217) 206-6094

Maureen McKinney
News Editor
mmcki1@uis.edu
Office: WUIS 95
(217) 206-6703

Michelle McLaughlin
Media Writer/Producer/Announcer
mmcla2@uis.edu
Office: WUIS
(217) 206-9847

Bill Porter
Backup Engineer
wport2@uis.edu
Office: WUIS

Advisory Board Members

  • Wayne Anderson
  • Rance Carpenter
  • Barbara Ferrara
  • Michael Jones
  • Kathryn Saltmarsh 

  • Justin Blandford
  • Carol Esarey
  • Jim Fletcher
  • Tom Layzell
  • Kent Redfield
  • Pinky Wassenberg