Centers and Institutes
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
Sharon Ralllis, 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 Excellence in Apoptosis Research (CEAR)
Lawrence Schwartz, 413/545-2435
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, 413/545-1994
James Watkins, 413/545-2569
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, 413/545-3240
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, 413/545-4265
Center for Language, Speech, and Hearing
Teri Hutchinson, 413/545-2565
Center for Latin American, Caribbean and Latino Studies
Sonia Alvarez, 413/545-4648
Center for Manufacturing Productivity
Center for Neuroendocrine Studies
Geert J. de Vries, 413/545-0663
Center for Nutrition in Sport and Human Performance
Center for Public Policy and Administration
M.V Lee Badgett, 413/545-0159
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
Lisa Chasan-Taber, 413/545-1664
Center for Research on Families (CRF)
Sally I. Powers, 413/545-3307
Center for Rural Massachusetts
Glenn H. Garber, 413/545-0153
Center for the Study of African American Language (CSAAL)
Lisa Green, 413/577-0937
Center for the Study of Communication
Susan Dreyer, 413/545-1331
Center for School Counseling Outcome Research
Jay Carey, 413/545-3619
Center for Spectator Sport Research
Tracy Schoenadel, 413/545-5590
Center for Student Business
Rosemary Schmidt, 413/545-2166
Center for Teaching and Faculty
Mary Deane Sorcinelli, 413/545-5143
Center for UMass-Industry Research on Polymers (CUMIRP)
James D. Capistran, 413/577-1518
Climate System Research Center
Raymond S. Bradley, 413/545-0659
DEFA Film Library
Barton Byg, 413/545-6681
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, 413/577-2221
Environmental Biotechnology Center (Geobacter Project)
Derek Lovley, 413/545-9651
Everywoman's Center
Jo-Anne Vanin, 413/545-0883
History Institute
Heather Richardson, 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
Eve Weinbaum, 413/577-0458
MassNanoTech
Mark Tuominen, 413/545-0570
James Watkins, 413/545-0570
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
Charles Schweik, 413/545-1824
Stuart Shulman, 413/545-5375
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, 413/577-0822
Robert Pollin, 413/577-0819
Process Design and Control Center
Michael Henson, 413/545-3481
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, 413/545-3774
Security, Emergency Preparedness, and Response Institute (SEPRI)
Abhijit Deshmukh, 413/545-1615
Social & Demographic Research Institute (SADRI)
Douglas Anderton, 413/545-5973
STEM Diversity Institute
Jennifer MacDonald, 413/577-2481
Stonewall Center
Brett Genny Beemyn, 413/545-4824
Strategic Information and Technology Center (SITEC)
Norm Sondheimer, 413/545-5654
The Environmental Institute (TEI)
Sharon Tracey, 413/545-2842
The Institute for Massachusetts Biofuels Research (TIMBR)
Michael Henson, 413/545-3481
Translation Center
Edwin Gentzler, 413/545-2203
Joseph Troll Turf Research Center
Thom Griffin, 413/545-3066
UMass Family Business Center
Ira Bryck, 413/545-4545
UMass Transportation Center
John Collura, 413/545-5404
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
Anne Herrington, 413/545-5466
Wireless Communications Center
Dennis Goeckel, 413/545-3514
List updated January 23, 2012