Our Purpose
These are difficult times in the United States. Trust in people and institutions is declining. Our democracy is under serious strain.
In light of this, we have created this Institute as a way to disseminate high-quality and consistently nonpartisan information to the American public around issues of societal well-being, democracy promotion, and news literacy.
Our Name
The CONNORS INSTITUTE is named for the late Thomas Connors, a longtime editor for the Journal of Commerce newspaper and an advocate for disability rights in the 1960s and 1970s in Fairfax, Virginia.
Our People
DIRECTOR
Lawrence M. Eppard
CO-DIRECTORS
Michael Anthony Deas
Northwestern University/fmr. Chicago Tribune
Jacob Mackey
DEMOCRACY LAB SUPERVISOR
Thomas Hatvany
DEMOCRACY LAB SCHOLARS
Niel Brasher
Senior Analyst
Erik Nelson
Senior Analyst
Bradley Bullock
Visiting Scholar
Shippensburg University
CURRENT DEMOCRACY LAB RESEARCH FELLOWS
David Boatwright
Katie Bonomo
Madison Laughman
Annie Linker
PAST DEMOCRACY LAB RESEARCH FELLOWS
Jillian Carley
Kayla Dalhouse
Moses Kimotho
Allyson Ritchey
Joshua Strayer
Tedra Ulrich
CONNORS INSTITUTE ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS
Jason Adrians
Mona Charen
Naomi Creason
Varoujan Gorjian
Astrophysicist
Lee Jussim
Jacob Mackey
David Monaghan
Vanessa Otero
Kathleen Romig
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Michael Shermer
Steven Sloman
Josefine Smith
Jim Swift