Staff Directory

CIRGE researchers and staff value excellence, collaboration, and pragmatism. As a group, we apply our cross disciplinary expertise strategically to provide services in survey design and analysis, report writing, innovative workshop facilitation and international network building. As a result, CIRGE is internationally recognized among program leaders, major founders and policy makers as a trusted source of insightful analysis and practical information for improving graduate education.

Director

Maresi Nerad, PhD. Maresi Nerad is the founding director of the national Center for Innovation and Research in Graduate Education (CIRGE), Associate Dean of the Graduate School, and Associate Professor for Higher Education in the Educational Leadership and Policy Studies Program College of Education, all at the University of Washington, Seattle.
Email: mnerad@u.washington.edu
Phone: (206)221-3429

Staff

Elizabeth Rudd, PhD. Dr. Rudd is a sociologist with more than 10 years experience studying gender, careers, family, organizations and education in the United States and Europe. At CIRGE she has analyzed data from our survey of art historians; some findings are published in “Equality and Illusion: Gender and Tenure in Art History Careers,” Journal of Marriage and Family 70, 1, 228-238. She current analyzes data from Social Science PhDs—Five+ Years Out and is writing up results for several CIRGE publications. Completing work started as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Michigan, Dr. Rudd recently published (with co-author Lara Descartes) an edited volume collecting original ethnographies of work and family in the American middle class, Changing Landscapes of Work and Family in the American Middle Class: Reports from the Field (2008, Lexington Books). Dr. Rudd’s PhD thesis examined the impact on gender relations in families of the transition to capitalism in former East Germany. Fluent in German, she conducted field research and in-depth interviews in Germany, using qualitative and narrative methods to analyze field notes and transcripts. Publications about German postsocialism include “Gendering Unemployment in Post-Socialist Germany: What I Do Is Work, Even If I Don’t Get Paid,” Ethnos 71, 2, 191-212.

Renate Sadrozinski, PhD, is a Senior Research Scientist with CIRGE who undertakes cross-cultural research in graduate/doctoral education for CIRGE. She received her PhD at the University of Bremen, Germany in sociology. In Germany Dr. Sadrozinski was the director of research of the Equal Opportunity Office of the state of Hamburg. She has published several books and many articles and reports in the areas of women and careers in the public service, battered women, immigrant women, and women’s health. She has been working with the European University Institute to customize the CIRGE survey for their use and for later comparison of their results with CIRGE survey results. She directed the PhDs in Art History – Over a Decade Later study and had worked on the PhDs—Ten Years Later project.

Mimi Heggelund, PhD. Dr. Heggelund’s main focus is on communication and networking with the global members of the CIRGE’s international conferences on doctoral education titled “Forces and Forms of Change in Doctoral Education Worldwide.” She designs and implements conferences’ content, logistics and materials, and is co-editor of the Forces and Forms book ” Towards a Global PhD?” published by the University of Washington Press.

Joseph Picciano, An experienced data programmer/analyst, Joe is currently working with the final data set of our most recent survey to clean, structure, and document the data for ease of use.

Maren McDaniel is the administrative coordinator of CIRGE, She has a master’s degree in information studies from the UW, and brings years of experience in grant writing, journal editing, budgeting, and overall administrative experience with her. She is the backbone for the daily functioning of the center, also handles the administrative wok of the director’s position as associate graduate dean, supervises the website renewal and coordinates design and publication of CIRGE products.

Myan Baker is a consultant with CIRGE who specializes in innovation and organizational change. Myan has designed and implemented a multi-year series of workshops to develop effective, values-based leadership and career capabilities for PhDs and post-doctoral scientists. She has worked extensively with the Urban Ecology IGERT faculty and students on project management, teamwork, and leadership building. She is on-call for feedback and advice and facilities CIRGE’s biannual retreats.

Affiliated Faculty

Angela Ginorio, PhD.

Emory Morrison, PhD. Dr. Morrison is a sociologist, with a PhD from the UW, on the faculty at Mississippi State University. He took a leave of absence from his faculty position to accept a post-doctoral fellowship with CIRGE. An expert in statistical analysis, during his summer break, Dr. Morrison continues working with CIRGE as an affiliate member conducting quantitative analysis and writing papers for publication in conjunction with CIRGE members.

William Zumeta, PhD.

Global Network

Established during the first international conference CIRGE hosted on Forces and Forms of Change in Doctoral Education Worldwide, the F&F Network is composed of members from 16 countries who are experts in the field of doctoral education. CIRGE collaborates with members of the network for research projects, publication and policy recommendations. It is anticipated that this network will continue to grow and become more widely known; attracting additional members from other countries and institutions and thus exponentially increasing the depth and value of this resource for all members of the network.