Meet our Team
Primary Personnel

Jason Parton
Director of the IDA- jmparton@culverhouse.ua.edu
- (205) 348-3427
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Matthew Hudnall
Deputy Director- mhudnall@culverhouse.ua.edu
- (205) 348-0856
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Dwight Lewis Jr.
Associate Director- dlewis@culverhouse.ua.edu
- (205) 348-7261
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Irem Sengul Orgut
Assistant Director- isorgut@culverhouse.ua.edu
- (205) 348-6577
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Courtney Hanson
Managing Director- chanson@culverhouse.ua.edu
- (205) 348-3265
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Andrew Watson
Director of Data Operations- wawatson@culverhouse.ua.edu
- (205) 348-4236
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Xin (Thomas) Yang
Director of Analytic Consulting & Scholarship- xyang15@culverhouse.ua.edu
- (205) 348-3267
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Yana Melnykov
Senior Statistician- ymelnykov@culverhouse.ua.edu
- (205) 348-6085
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Trent Gooden
Director of Application Development- tgooden@culverhouse.ua.edu
- (205) 348-6585
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Alaina Peoples
Contract and Grant Accountant- apeoples@culverhouse.ua.edu
- (205) 348-2940
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Carolyn Powell
Contract and Grants Specialist- cspowell@culverhouse.ua.edu
- (205) 348-2237
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Kaylon Steadham
Program Assistant- kefowler@culverhouse.ua.edu
- (205) 348-6585
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Faculty Affiliates

Thomas English
Faculty Affiliate Chair- tmenglish1@culverhouse.ua.edu
- (205) 348-1795
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Jef Naidoo
Faculty Affiliate- jsnaidoo@culverhouse.ua.edu
- (205) 348-5869
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Marilyn Whitman
Faculty Affiliate- mwhitman@culverhouse.ua.edu
- (205) 348-8934
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Subha Chakraborti
Faculty Affiliate- schakrab@culverhouse.ua.edu
- (205) 348-8907
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Nickolas Freeman
Faculty Affiliate- nkfreeman@culverhouse.ua.edu
- (205) 348-8992
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