The Team
Alison Head
Executive Director
Steven Geofrey
Senior Research Scientist
Kirsten Hostetler
Senior Research Analyst
Rachel Fundator
2025 PIL Research Scholar
Stephanie Founds
2025 PIL Research Scholar
Heather Ganshorn
2025 PIL Research Scholar
Advisory Board
Emily Drabinski
Associate Professor
Queens College Graduate School of Library and Information Studies
Troy Swanson
Teaching & Learning Librarian and Library Department Chair
Moraine Valley Community College
Ethan Zuckerman
Associate Professor of Public Policy, Information and Communication
University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Emerita Team Members
Margy MacMillan
Senior Researcher
Barbara Fister
Scholar in Residence
Alaina Bull
Research Analyst
Michele Van Hoeck
Research Analyst
Erica DeFrain
Research Analyst
Merinda Kaye Hensley
PIL Fellow (2021)
Marisa Albrecht
Research Fellow (2023/24)
Yuqi He
Research Fellow (2023/24)
Jessica Yurkofsky
PIL Fellow (2019-20)