Our Staff.
Every member of the JIE Initiative contributes to our mission. We are committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion across all of our work.
At the SOF/Heyman
Eileen Gillooly
Executive Director, Society of Fellows and the Heyman Center for the Humanities
Eileen Gillooly is the Executive Director of the Heyman Center for the Humanities and Society of Fellows and Adjunct Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University.
Neni Panourgiá
Academic Advisor
JIE Initiative
Neni Panourgiá is an anthropologist, Adjunct Associate Professor in the Prison Education Program, and Academic Adviser for the Justice-in-Education Initiative at Columbia University
Mia Ruyter
Senior Scholar
SOF/Heyman
Mia Ruyter is a Senior Scholar. She previously coordinated the educational programming offered by JIE in New York City jails.
Audrey Amsellem
Associate Research Scholar
SOF/Heyman
Audrey Amsellem is the Associate Research Scholar at the SOF/Heyman.
At the Initiative for a Just Society
Bernard Harcourt
Professor of Law and Political Science
Columbia Law Professor Bernard E. Harcourt is the founding director of the Initiative for a Just Society at the Columbia Center for Contemporary Critical Thought, which brings contemporary critical theory and practice to bear on current social problems. He and his colleagues at the Initiative provide legal consultations when necessary.
