University of Massachusetts Amherst - Office of News & Information

Friday, July 25, 2008

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CENTERS AND INSTITUTES AT UMASS AMHERST

Additional sources in specific areas may also be identified by contacting the following directors of institutes and centers that have been established on campus.

Biostatistics Consulting Center at the University of Massachusetts Amherst (BCCUMA)
Elaine Puleo, 413/545-1869
Penelope Pekow, 413/545-1872

Center for Advanced Sensor and Communication Antennas
Daniel Schaubert, 413/545-2530

Center for Agriculture
Daniel Cooley, 413/577-3803

Center for Applied Mathematics and Computation
Markos A. Katsoulakis, 413/545-1331
Nate Whitaker, 413/545-1572

Center for Economic Development
John Mullin, 413/545-6628

Center for e-Design and Realization of Engineered Products and Systems
Ian R. Gross, 413/545-1350

Center for Education Policy
Andrew Effrat, 413/545-0958

Center for Educational Assessment
Ronald Hambleton, 413/545-0262
Stephen Sireci, 413/545-0564

Center for Educational Software Development  (CESD)
David Hart, 413/545-3278

Center for Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy (CEERE)|
James Manwell, 413/545-4359

Center for Fueling the Future
S. Thayumanavan, 413/545-1313

Center for Geometry, Analysis, Numerics & Graphics (GANG)
Rob Kusner, 413/545-6022
Franz Pedit, 413/545-0824

Center for Hierarchical Manufacturing
Mark Tuominen, 413/545-1334
James Watkins, 413/545-1334
Michael Wright, 413/545-1334

Center for Information Technology and Dispute Resolution
Ethan Katsh, 413/545-5879

Center for Intelligent Information Retrieval (CIIR)
Bruce Croft, 413/545-0463
James Allan, 413/545-3420

Center for International Education
David R. Evans, 413/545-0465

Center for International Securities and Derivatives Markets
Thomas Schneeweis, 413/545-5641

Center for Jewish Studies
Jay Berkovitz, 413/545-5868

Center for Knowledge Communication
David Hart, 413/545-3278
Beverly Woolf, 413/545-0582

Center for Language, Speech, and Hearing
Amy L. Moncy, 413/545-2565

Center for Latin American, Caribbean and Latino Studies
Oriol Pi-Sunyer, 413/545-2880

Center for Manufacturing Productivity
Jennifer Suglia, 413/545-5676

Center for Neuroendocrine Studies
Geert J. de Vries, 413/545-0663

Center for Nutrition in Sport and Human Performance
Stella Volpe, 413/545-1076

Center for Public Policy and Administration
Jane E. Fountain, 413/545-1007

Center for Real-Time and Intelligent Complex Computing Systems (CRICCS)
W. Richards Adrion, 413/545-2475

Center for Research in Art and Technology
Patricia Galvis-Assmus, 413/545-6938

Center for Research and Education in Women's Health
Risa Silverman, 413/545-2529

Center for Research on Families (CIRF)
Sally I. Powers, 413/545-3307

Center for Rural Massachusetts
Glenn H. Garber, 413/545-0153

Center for School Counseling Outcome Research
Jay Carey, 413/545-3619

Center for Student Business
Rosemary Schmidt, 413/545-2166

Center for the Study of Communication
Vernon E. Cronen, 413/545-3682

Center for Teaching
Mary Deane Sorcinelli, 413/545-5143

Center for UMass-Industry Research on Polymers (CUMIRP)
James D. Capistran, 413/577-1518

Chemical Process Design and Control Center
Michael Malone, 413/545-0838

Climate System Research Center
Raymond S. Bradley, 413/545-1806

DEFA Film Library
Barton Byg, 413/545-6671

Donahue Institute
J. Lynn Griesemer, 413/545-0001

Electronic Enterprise Institute
Norman Sondheimer, 413/545-5654

Engineering Research Center for Collaborative Adaptive Sensing of the Atmosphere (CASA)
David McLaughlin, 413/545-2725

Environmental Biotechnology Center (Geobacter Project)
Derek Lovley, 413/545-9651

Everywoman's Center
Jo-Anne Vanin, 413/545-0883 

History Institute
Mary Wilson, 413/545-1330

Institute for Cellular Engineering (ICE)
Susan Roberts, 413/545-1660

Institute for Global Health
David Buchanan, 413/545-1005

Institute for the Advanced Study of the Humanities
Esther Terry and Robert Paul Wolff
413/545-2029

Labor Relations and Research Center
Tom Juravich, 413/545-5986

MassNanoTech
Mark Tuominen, 413/545-1334
James Watkins, 413/545-1334
Michael Wright, 413/545-1334

Massachusetts Center for Renaissance Studies
Arthur F. Kinney, 413/577-3600

Massachusetts Center for Renewable Energy and Science Technology (MassCREST)
S. Thayumanavan, 413/545-1313
E. Bryan Coughlin, 413-577-1616

Massachusetts Small Business Development Center Network
Georgianna Parkin, 413/545-6301

Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC)
Thomas P. Russell, 413/545-2680

National Center for Digital Government
Jane E. Fountain, 413/545-1007

Nonprofit Center
William Diamond, 413/545-5671

Northeast Center for Urban & Community Forestry
David Bloniarz, 413/545-3755

Northeast Regional Environmental Public Health Center
Edward Calabrese, 413/545-2797

Office of Community Service Learning
John Reiff, 413/545-2015

Pioneer Valley Life Sciences Institute
UMass Amherst/Baystate Medical Center partnership
Lawrence M. Schwartz, 413/794-0674

Political Economy Research Institute (PERI)
Gerald Epstein, 413/545-4815
Robert Pollin, 413/577-0126

Psychological Services Center
Christopher E. Overtree, 413/545-5943

Science, Technology and Society Initiative
Jane E. Fountain, 413/545-1007

Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Education Institute
Morton Sternheim, 413/545-1908

Scientific Reasoning Research Institute (SRRI)
William Gerace, 413/545-0988

Security, Emergency Preparedness, and Response Institute (SEPRI)
Abhijit Deshmukh, 413/545-1615

Silvio O. Conte National Center for Polymer Research
Shaw Ling Hsu, 413/577-1416

Social & Demographic Research Institute (SADRI)
Douglas Anderton, 413/545-5973

Stonewall Center
Brett Genny Beemyn, 413/545-4826

Strategic Information and Technology Center (SITEC)
Norm Sondheimer, 413/545-5654

The Environmental Institute (TEI)
Sharon Tracey, 413/545-2842

Translation Center
Edwin Gentzler, 413/545-2203

Joseph Troll Turf Research Center
Thom Griffin, 413/545-3066

UMass Family Business Center
Ira Bryck, 413/545-1537

UMass Transportation Center
Paul Shuldiner, 413/545-2688

Virtual Center for Supernetworks
Anna Nagurney, 413/545-5635

Warring States Project
E. Bruce Brooks, 413/584-1810

Water Resources Research Center (WRRC)
Paula Rees, 413/545-5528

Western Massachusetts Writing Project
Bruce Penniman, 413/545-5466

Wireless Communications Center
Seshu Desu, 413/545-0962

List updated June 16, 2008