Institute Staff

Mike Lawrence - Director - (618) 453-4009 - Email - Biography
Matt Baughman - Assistant Director - (618) 453-4001 - Email - Biography

John Jackson - Visiting Professor - (618) 453-4009 - Email - Biography

Papers by John Jackson

• Presidential Nominations and Regional Primaries...
• Competition in Illinois
• The Making of a Senator: Barack Obama
• Redistricting in Illinois
• Illinois Politics in the 21st Century

William Freivogel - Visiting Professor - (618) 453-4009 - Email - Biography

Papers by William Freivogel

• Publishing National Security Secrets - The Case for "Benign Indeterminacy"
• Tom Eagleton and the "Curse to our Constitution"

Linda Renee Baker - University Professor - (217) 553-6660 - Email - Biography
Emily Burke - Policy and Program Assistant - (618) 453-4009 - Email

Pamela Gwaltney Assistant to the Director (618) 453-4004 - Email
Christina Rich - Project Coordinator - (618) 453-4078 - Email
Melody Meadows - Accountant - (618) 453-4076 - Email

Chad Hoosier - Graduate Assistant - (618) 453-4009
Austin McCree - Graduate Assistant - (618) 453-4008

Jana Hughes - Undergraduate Assistant - (618) 453-4009

Cary Bryant - Student Employee - (618) 453-4009
Sharnique Bryson - Student Employee - (618) 453-4009
Justin Johnson - Student Employee - (618) 453-4009
Bryan Norbut - Student Employee - (618) 453-4009
Abigail Wagner - Student Employee - (618) 453-4009