People

Headshot of Shawn Datchuk, IRRC Director

Shawn Datchuk, MEd, PhD

Former Director
shawn-datchuk@uiowa.edu
Mindy Van Zuiden

Mindy VanZuiden

President of Decoding Dyslexia Iowa | Chair
Ben Walizer

Ben Walizer, MEd

Former Interim Director of Operations and Project Management
benjamin-walizer@uiowa.edu
319-467-4268
Headshot of Leah Zimmermann, IRRC Research Fellow

Leah Zimmermann, MEd, PhD

Assistant Director of Research
leah-zimmermann@uiowa.edu
Nina Lorimor-Easley headshot

Nina A. Lorimor-Easley, MS, MEd

Former Associate Director for Technical Assistance
Portrait of Sandy Schmitz

Sandy A. Schmitz, Ph.D

Iowa Department of Education
Professional headshot Heba Abdelnaby

Heba Abdelnaby, MEd, PhD

Former Postdoctoral Research Scholar
heba-abdelnaby@uiowa.edu
Portrait of Beth Ades-Hanson

Beth Ades-Hanson

Iowa State Education Association Executive Board Member and Teacher
Kate Alexander

Kate Alexander

Rachel Anderson, M.A.

Rachel Anderson, M.A.

Professional headshot of Cassie Ascheman

Cassie Ascheman

English Language Arts Specialist
Emily Ball

Emily Ball

Former Graduate Assistant
emily-ball@uiowa.edu
Grace Barker

Grace Barker

Portrait of Marshall Blatz

Marshall Blatz

Former Application Developer
marshall-blatz@uiowa.edu
Headshot of Nikki Hodous, IRRC Associate Director of Operations and Project Management

Nikki Bodey, MA

Associate Director of Operations and Project Management
nicole-bodey@uiowa.edu
319-335-4848
Professional headshot of Wren Bouwman

Wren Bouwman, MA

Skyword Project Coordinator
wren-bouwman@uiowa.edu
Rebecca Bruno

Rebecca Bruno

Former Teaching Assistant
rebecca-bruno@uiowa.edu
Annika Buell

Annika Buell

Portrait of Grace Cacini

Grace Cacini

Former Student Assistive Technology Coordinator
Professional headshot of Eleni Chatzoglou

Eleni Chatzoglou, MSc, MEd, PhD

Former Postdoctoral Research Scholar
eleni-chatzoglou@uiowa.edu
Professional headshot of IRRC Graduate Assistant Eunhae Cho

Eunhae Cho, MA, PhD

Graduate Assistant
eunhae-cho@uiowa.edu
Portrait of Bailey Christensen

Bailey Christensen

Graphic Designer
Brian Cochran

Brian Cochran

Application Developer
brian-cochran@uiowa.edu
Brian Cochran is driven to help educators and students through developing and maintaining the Iowa Reading Research Center’s educational research applications.
Professional headshot of graduate assistant Casey Coghlan

Casey Coghlan

Graduate Assistant
casey-coghlan@uiowa.edu
Stacey Cole

Stacey Cole

School District Superintendent
Emily Crandall

Emily Crandall

Professional headshot of graduate research assistant Ryann Culver

Ryann Culver

Graduate Assistant
ryann-culver@uiowa.edu
Ece Demir-Lira

Ece Demir-Lira

Nicole DeSalle, M.F.A.

Nicole DeSalle, M.F.A.

Tracy Donohue

Tracy Donohue