Nik Theodore, Director
Nik Theodore is Director of the Center for Urban Economic Development and an Associate Professor in the Department of Urban Planning and Policy.
Yibing Li, Assistant to the Director
Yibing Li is CUED's Business Manager and responsible for accounting and daily operations.
Cedric Williams, Manager of System Services
Cedric is CUED's Manager of System Services. He also works on issues of emergency food system utilization and eligibility.
Mirabai Auer, Research Associate
Mirabai Auer is a Research Associate at CUED. For the past five years, Mirabai has worked in community development and research settings, focusing on commercial district re-development, and adaptive reuse.
Kimary Lee, Research Associate
Kimary Lee is a Research Associate at CUED. Her principal area of research is community economic development strategies and practice.
Sandra Morales-Mirque, Research Associate
Sandra Morales-Mirque is a CUED Research Associate. Her work and interests center around immigration and the economic empowerment of women in the city.
Beth Gutelius, Graduate Research Assistant
Beth Gutelius is a Graduate Research Assistant at CUED. Her research interests are gender and low-wage labor, with a special focus on women's economic cooperatives in Latin America.
Ryan Hollon, Graduate Research Assistant
Ryan Hollon is a Distinguished Graduate Scholar at CUED. His doctoral work is focused on the social reproduction of mass incarceration within targeted urban geographies.
Sara O'Neill-Kohl, Graduate Research Assistant
Sara O'Neill Kohl is a Graduate Research Assistant at CUED. Her doctoral research is on community-labor relationships and urban social movements.
Greg Schrock, Affiliated Faculty
Greg Schrock is a Visiting Assistant Professor, Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Minnesota . His primary area of research is around publicly-funded programs for employment and job training (workforce development) and their linkages to employers and economic development activities.
Phil Ashton, Affiliated Faculty
Phil Ashton is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Urban Planning and Policy at UIC. His research focuses on banking and financial markets, community economic development, and neighborhood change.
Jamie Peck, Affiliated Faculty
Jamie Peck is the Canada Research Chair in Urban and Regional Political Economy, and Professor of Geography at the University of British Columbia.
Rachel Weber, Affiliated Faculty
Rachel Weber is an Associate Professor in the Department of Urban Planning and Policy at UIC. She teaches and researches on development finance, industrial restructuring and real estate.