Meet Our Leadership Team
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Internship Opportunities
Interested in getting involved with our lab? Reach out to Dr. Claire Woodward at clamwood@iu.edu.
Meet Our Staff and Project Alumni
Bloomington, Indiana Research Assistants
The OCE Lab’s Spring 2026 cohort brings together passionate civic leaders from across Bloomington, Indiana.
Dubuque, Iowa Research Assistants
The OCE Lab’s Dubuque cohort extends our work to new communities, helping make civic engagement visible through local observation and storytelling.
Brittany Gagas
Research Assistant
Enoc Sanchez
Research Assistant
Enoc Sanchez serves as a Research Assistant with the OCE Lab. He was born and raised in New York. Enoc moved to Iowa to earn a dual degree in business administration and biblical studies and never left. He is currently working in insurance, board president for his local Habitat for Humanity, and on the board of directors for the Multicultural Family Center. Enoc is also a founding member of a local grassroots Latino organization called Dubuqe Unidos.
Alice Oleson
Research Assistant
Temwa Phiri
Research Assistant
Kootenai County, Idaho Research Assistants
The OCE Lab’s Kootenai County team extends our research on civic engagement to North Idaho, documenting how local organizations connect people to community life.
Barbara Hallett
Research Assistant
Kim Sumners
Research Assistant
Kim Sumners holds a BS in natural resources from Oregon State University. She is a Research Assistant with the OCE Lab. Kim has an 11-year-old son. She loves wildlife, hiking, and going to the lake with her son and husband.
Megan Loper
Research Assistant
Adirondack Region, New York Research Assistants
The OCE Lab’s Adirondack team helps us understand civic engagement across small towns and rural communities in northern New York.
Miona Amoriell
Research Assistant
Miona Amoriell was born in Serbia and earned a degree in English language and literature from the University of Belgrade. She serves as a Research Assistant with the OCE Lab. Miona plans to pursue graduate studies in education and currently runs a restaurant with her husband. In her spare time, she enjoys reading, playing tennis with her two daughters, cooking, and gardening.
Erica Olmstead
Research Assistant
Erica's bio is coming soon!
Research Assistant Alumni
Kris Anderson
Amna Ahmed
Ayomide Arowosegbe
Sean Baird
Claire Baney
Megan Bankowski
Avery Beck
Justus Bowman
David Bredencamp
Zoe Caplan
Anna Carstens
Griffin Chesebrough
Andrew Cloran
Valeria Colmenarez
Alyse Conn-Powers
Sterling Daniel
Benjamin Eduardo
Polly Fairfield
Emily Hunnicutt
Mallory Hockemeyer
Margaret Hopkins
Emily Jackson
Vishnu Juvadi
Rebecca Kemp
Cheyenne Lee
Leslie Lara
Estela Lopez
Connor Livingston
Krista Mantsch
Anna McQuere
Connor Meyer
Macey Montgomery
Kaleb Mount
Stacia Murphy
Larson Parker
Sarah Pritchett
Derek Richardson
Renzo de la Riva Aguero
Dorothy Reinhard
Josette Robinson
Marisela Sanchez
Rebekah Thomas
Sally Tran
Bethany Van Alstine
Seth Warnick
Alexa Webber
Aya Wiles
Drew Yeager
Shengnan Yang
Qidi Zhu
Karl Santiago
Riya Saripalli
Nicholle Helms
Matthew Burns
Lady Ikeya
Oluwanifemi Adekoya