THIRD FLOOR RESEARCH
Meet Our Researchers
Third Floor Research is an applied research partnership between the Kansas Leadership Center and Kansas State University’s Staley School of Leadership Studies. Our center includes researchers and practitioners from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government, Alabama, Colorado, Kansas, North Carolina and Chile.
Core Team
Keyhan Shams
Graduate Research Assistant, Kansas State University
Contributions: YLE Study,
Signature Research Project (forthcoming)
keyhan@ksu.edu
Tim Steffensmeier
Director of Research, Kansas Leadership Center
Assistant Vice President, Director of Engagement & Outreach
Kansas State University
steffy@ksu.edu
Authors and Contributors
| Name | Organization | Location |
| Elisa Adriasola | Universidad Diego Portales | Santiago, Chile |
| Claudia Amaro | AB&C Bilingual Resources, LLC | Wichita, KS |
| Anisah Ari | Kansas Leadership Center & Kansas State University | Wichita, KS |
| Mary Banwart | University of Kansas | Lawrence, KS |
| Randy Barbour | Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University | Huntsville, AL |
| David Chrislip | Skillful Means, Harvard University | Boulder, CO |
| Patricia Dooley | Wichita State University | Wichita, KS |
| Tamara Hernandez | Universidad Adolfo Ibanez | Santiago, Chile |
| Tamas Kowalik | Kansas State University | Manhattan, KS |
| Roberta Maldonado-Franzen | Duke University | Durham, NC |
| Kiley Moody | Kansas State University | Manhattan, KS |
| Tim O’Brien | Harvard University | Boston, MA |
| Elnaz Parviz | Green River College | Lawrence, KS |
| Kerry Priest | Kansas State University | Manhattan, KS |
To learn more about how you, or your organization, can partner with KLC’s Third Floor Research, contact Tim Steffensmeier at tsteffensmeier@kansasleadershipcenter.org.
