Union Institute & University IRB Members

Member Specialty Affiliation
Dr. Anna Blair
  • Health Communication
  • Maternal Child Health
  • Lactation Counseling
UI&U. MA Program Advisor; BS Program Advisor & Faculty
Dr. James Caraway
  • Philosophy and Systematic Theology
  • Higher Educational Administration and Supervision
UI&U. Ed.D. Program Advisor & Faculty
Dr. Mary Ginn
  • Business Administration
  • Adult Education
UI&U. Director, International Student Services and IRB
Lawrence Hibbert, MS
  • Dispute Resolution
  • Criminal Justice
UI&U. Florida BS Program Faculty

Dr. Nathan Long

  • Educational Foundations
  • Sociology of Education
  • Qualitative Research Methods
  • Historiography

Unaffiliated. President, The Christ College of Nursing and Health Sciences, The Christ Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio

 Dr. Lewis Mehl-Madrona
  • Clinical Psychology
UI&U. PsyD Program Faculty
Dr. Jennifer Raymond
  • Public Policy
  • Research Methods
UI&U. Interdisciplinary Ph.D. (Cohort) Program Faculty
Linda Van Volkenburgh, BS
  • English
UI&U. Director of Institutional Research, Alternate
Dr. Chris Voparil
  • Contemporary Political Theory
  • American Pragmatism
  • Feminist Political Thought
UI&U. Interdisciplinary Ph.D. (Cohort) Program Faculty, Alternate
Dr. M. Willson Williams (Chair)
  • Counseling
  • Counseling Psychology
  • Qualitative Research Methods

Unaffiliated. Chair, School of Psychology and Interdisciplinary Inquiry

Saybrook University, San Francisco, California

Dr. Asghar Zomorrodian
  • Leadership
  • Public Policy
UI&U. Professor of Leadership & Public Policy, MA Program

2013 IRB Meeting Dates

IRB Meeting Date Submit Application by Date
January 28, 2013
December 28, 2012
February 18, 2013
January 18, 2013
March 18, 2013
February 18, 2013
April 15, 2013
March 15, 2013
May 20, 2013
April 20, 2013
June 17, 2013
May 17, 2013
July 15, 2013
June 15, 2013
August 19, 2013
July 19, 2013
September 16, 2013
August 16, 2013
October 21, 2013
September 21, 2013
November 18, 2013
October 18, 2013
December 16, 2013
November 16, 2013

IRB members review applications for studies inolving more than minimal risk—for full review—during monthly meetings.

Exempt and expedited study reviews may be conducted by the IRB at any time.