The Labor Research and Action Network (LRAN) is a dynamic collaborative effort to connect workers’ rights organizations, academics and students to build workplace and economic power for working people in this country. The Advisory Committee is the governing body of the emerging network of scholars and labor practitioners.

Below are the current members of the LRAN Advisory Committee, organized by affiliation:

LRAN is led by a volunteer advisory committee comprised of representatives of academia, unions, worker centers and allied nonprofits.

LRAN is coordinated by Erin Johansson and Jason Tomlinson of Jobs With Justice.

Union representatives:

• Tara Fugate, Senior Campaign Strategist, AFL-CIO
• Chris Garcia-Hermida, Research Associate, American Federation of Teachers
• Jenny Ho, Assistant Director of Research and Collective Bargaining, AFSCME
• Susan Nogan, Senior Policy Analyst, National Education Association
• Rachel Tyree, Research Coordinator, International Brotherhood of Teamsters
• James T Williams, Secretary Treasurer, Georgia State AFL-CIO

Worker Center representatives:

• Wilneida Negrón, PhD, Director of Worker Innovation and Impact at Coworker

Academic representatives:

• Jaylexia Clark, PhD, Knight Policy Translation Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Information Technology and Public Life, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Jessica Cook-Qurayshi, PhD, Director, Labor Education Center - DePaul University
• Cedric de Leon, Professor of Sociology and Labor Studies, University of Massachusetts Amherst
• Tamara L. Lee, Associate Professor, Rutgers University School of Management and Labor Relations
• Zoë West, PhD, Senior Researcher of Worker Rights and Equity at the Worker Institute, ILR School at Cornell University
• Naomi R Williams, Associate Professor, Rutgers University School of Management and Labor Relations

Nonprofit representative:

• Judith Barish, Coalition Director, CHIPS Communities United
• Jennifer Muñoz, Program Manager, Labor Innovations for the 21st Century (LIFT) Fund