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Faculty & Staff Directory
The Polis Center
David J. Bodenhamer (Director)
Campus Address: 1200 Waterway B
Phone: 317-274-2455
Email: intu100@iupui.edu
Appointments: Professor of History
Executive Director of The Polis Center
Academic Interests: Anglo-American legal and constitutional history, history of criminal justice and criminal law, nineteenth-century United States, and urban studies
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Pamela Blevins Hinkle
Campus Address: The Polis Center, 1200 Waterway Blvd.
Phone: (317)278-2644
Fax: (317)278-1830
Email: pbhinkle@iupui.edu
Appointments: Spirit and Place Festival Director (Research Associate)
Website: www.spiritandplace.org
Academic Interests: Interdisciplinary collaboration, community development, civic engagement, music improvisation, choral music, chant, creativity
Teaching: Annual workshops on Collaboration and Program Design via Spirit & Place.
"Music in the Moment," a music improvision class at Indiana Women's Prison.
Lead workshops and talks for congregations and community groups on chant, creativity, improvisation, and more.
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John Buechler
Phone: 278-2433
Email: jobuechl@iupui.edu
Appointments: GIS Project Manager
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Dave Coats
Phone: 274-3826
Email: decoats@iupui.edu
Appointments: Community Systems Director
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Karen Frederickson Comer
Campus Address: 1200 Waterway
Phone: 274-2296
Fax: 317-278-1830
Email: kfrederi@iupui.edu
Appointments: Director, Collaborative Research, The Polis Center
Academic Interests: Public health applications of geographic information systems/science, community information systems
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Neil M Devadasan
Campus Address: 1200 Waterway Blvd, Indianapolis, IN 46202
Phone: (317)278-2583
Email: ndevadas@iupui.edu
Appointments: Systems Engineering Manager
Website: https://sites.google.com/site/ndevadas/
Academic Interests: Computer Systems Design
GRID Computing
Computational Science
Geographic Information Systems
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Jim Dowling
Campus Address: 1200 Waterway
Phone: 278-2581
Fax: (317) 278-1830
Email: jdowling@iupui.edu
Appointments: Database/Network Administrator
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Jennifer M Gilles
Campus Address: The Polis Center, 1200 Waterway Boulevard
Phone: 317-278-3623
Fax: 317-278-1830
Email: gillesj@iupui.edu
Appointments: Spirit & Place Festival Program Coordinator
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Melissa A Gona
Campus Address: POLI
Phone: (317) 278-4915
Email: magona@iupui.edu
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John Hayes
Phone: 317-278-4915
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Appointments: GIS/Quality Assurance Analyst
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Sharon Kandris
Campus Address: PO-100
Phone: (317) 278-2944
Email: skandris@iupui.edu
Appointments: Director, Community Informatics
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Malika Mahoui
Campus Address: 1200 Waterway Building
Phone: (317)274-2455
Email: mmahoui@iupui.edu
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Kevin John Mickey
Campus Address: 1200 Waterway Blvd, Suite 1200
Phone: (317)371-4479
Fax: (317)278-1830
Email: kmickey@iupui.edu
Appointments: 10.1.04-Present: Director, Professional Education and Outreach – The Polis Center
10.1.01-10.1.04: Quality Assurance Manager – The Polis Center
7.1.90-10.1.01: Staff Cartographer / Training Coordinator – The Polis Center
1995 & 2003: Instructor - IUPUI Department of Geography
1990: Manager, Office of Cartographic Information Services – School of Liberal Arts
1989-90: Staff Cartographer - IUPUI Department of Geography
Website: http://www.polis.iupui.edu/
Academic Interests: Geospatial Technologies
Geospatial Technologies Education
Natural hazard modeling
Teaching: Direct all programs and projects associated with the Polis Center Professional Education Program. This includes development and management of projects with a wide range of local, state, federal, and international organizations. It also includes teaching and curriculum development responsibilities for multiple technically and conceptually oriented geospatial technology courses.
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Matthew H Riggs
Campus Address: The Polis Center, 1200 Waterway Blvd., Suite 100
Email: mhriggs@iupui.edu
Appointments: Research Associate
GIS Analyst
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Ellen VanDeVoorde
Campus Address: 1200 Waterway B
Phone: 274-2456
Fax: 278-1830
Email: evandevo@iupui.edu
Appointments: Business Manager
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(IMAGIS) Indianapolis Mapping and Geographic Information Systems
Pam Martin
Campus Address: CA 403 (Mail Only)
Phone: 317-327-2154
Fax: 317-327-2157
Email: pmartin@iupui.edu
Website: www.indy.gov/imagis
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