Paul H. O’Neill Professor Eric Grommon is always thinking about how he can contribute to solving complex problems through research. “Any time I’m in a meeting, I’m the one in the corner taking notes, trying to document any topic I can circle back on,” he says. “Seemingly small comments can open up new questions that… Read more »
Stories about gangs and gang violence are often fodder for movie and TV scripts. O’Neill Associate Professor Dena Carson says she watched those shows growing up in a small town in southeast Kansas. True crime television is what sparked her interest in criminal justice. Now, she’s using her research skills to look beyond the portrayals… Read more »
From his home base in Indianapolis, O’Neill Assistant Professor Nathan Cook is working on projects from around the world, specifically in what is known as the Global South—what some call the developing world. In countries throughout Asia, Africa, and Latin America, Cook looks at common-pool resources—things like groundwater basins, shared irrigation systems, rainforests, and other… Read more »
When disaster strikes, a community’s resilience is put to the test. Whether the cause is natural, political, man-made, or technological, Courtney Page-Tan works to understand how communities can withstand, recover from, and even thrive amid and after disasters. Her interest in community resilience can be traced back to a single moment, one the entire world… Read more »
Vernise Estorcien is a long way from her hometown of Nassau, The Bahamas. After earning her Ph.D. in Florida, she’s now even farther north—1,138 miles from home, to be exact—and will join the O’Neill School faculty for the 2023–24 academic year. Estorcien says she came to the O’Neill School in Indianapolis because she knew it… Read more »
