Institutional Research Review Board

IRRB MEMBERS

Kathleen Sheridan, Ph.D.
IRRB Chair
Vice Provost for Academic Programs and Faculty Development
kathleen.sheridan@nl.edu; 312.261.3149

Scipio A.J. Colin III, Ed.D.
Associate Professor, College of Arts and Sciences
Chair, Department of Adult Education
scolin@nl.edu; 312.261.3326

Svjetlana Curcic, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, National College of Education
Special Education
Wheeling Campus
svjetlana.curcic@nl.edu; 847.947.5012

Matthew Douponce
Grants Development Manager, Institutional Advancement
Matthew.Douponce@nl.edu; 312.261.3912

Tom Heaney, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, College of Arts and Sciences
Director, Adult and Continuing Education Doctoral Program
theaney@nl.edu; 312.261.3274

Paula Jordan, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
College of Management and Business
Florida Regional Campus
pjordan@nl.edu; 813.491.6102

Maja Miskovic, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, National College of Education
Educational Foundations and Inquiry
Lisle Campus
maja.miskovic@nl.edu; 630.874.4274

Judah J. Viola, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, College of Arts and Sciences
Co-director Community Psychology Ph.D. Program
Chicago Campus
judah.viola@nl.edu; 312.261.3527

Welcome to the Institutional Research Review Board (IRRB) website. IRRB ensures compliance with National Louis University’s policies and procedures for conducting ethical research involving human participants.

Every research investigator involved in any aspect of human subject research at NLU must submit a protocol to IRRB that includes appropriate application forms, and informed consent documents. This applies to faculty and staff, doctoral students, masters students conducting thesis research or large action research projects. Students conducting research as part of a class, and faculty and staff collecting institutional data for self study and accreditation are not required to submit a protocol.

Whether it is for self-study and accreditation, or personal research, NLU faculty and staff who wish to conduct a survey using the WebSurveyor program must contact the Vice Provost of Institutional Effectiveness. If the survey is being conducted for personal rather than institutional research (i.e. publication or presentation), in addition to the survey request to IR, the application needs to be made to NLU’s Institutional Research Review Board (IRRB).

This IRRB website is comprised of 6 sections: