Advisory Board

The following individuals from the University of Dayton (UD) will meet regularly to oversee projects and give ideas, advice, and perspectives on the work.

Nancy Haskell, PhD

Dr. Haskell is an Associate Professor of Economics and serves as Full-Time Faculty for the School of Business Administration.  Her interests and expertise include the following topics: labor, public, applied and health economics.  She teaches principles of micro-economics and labor economics.



Joy Kadowaki, JD, PhD

Dr. Kadowaki is an Assistant Professor at University of Dayton with a Joint Appointment as a Full-Time Faculty in the College of Arts and Sciences, including Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work and the School of Law.  Her interests include: law and society, crime and place, community and urban sociology, and social inequalities. 


Li-Yin Liu, PhD

Dr. Liu is an Associate Professor and Full-Time Faculty in the College of Arts and Sciences in Political Science at  the University of Dayton.   Her research interests include science-related public policies and her teaching interests include public administration theory, nonprofit management, research methods and program evaluation. 


Satang Nabaneh, LLD, LLM

Dr. Nabaneh is the Director of Programs for the Human Rights Center and is Research Professor of Law at UD.  She is Full-Time Faculty with Appointments for the College of Arts and Sciences, Human Rights Center, and the School of Law.  Her expertise includes human rights, gender equality, women's rights and comparative constitutionalism.


Julio Quintero, PhD

Dr. Quintero serves as the Director for Inclusive Excellence Strategies and Initiatives. Julio Quintero joined UD as the Associate Director for Inclusive Excellence Education and Initiatives in the Office of Diversity and Inclusion. Dr. Quintero possesses expertise in curriculum design, management, delivery, and assessment. 



Governor Bob Taft

Bob Taft, Governor of Ohio 1999-2007, came to the University of Dayton in 2007 as a Distinguished Research Associate. He teaches Legislative Politics and Education Policy and helps oversee the Statehouse Civic Scholars summer internship program.  Governor Taft teaches through College of Arts and Sciences and School of Education and Health Sciences

Marlon Williams, PhD

Dr. Williams is an Associate Professor of Economics and serves as Full-Time Faculty for the School of Business Administration.  His research interests include industrial organization, applied microeconomics and international economics. 

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