Natsuko Nicholls

Natsuko Nicholls is the Director of Product and Development at The Coleridge Initiative, where they lead the IRIS Research Support team, focusing on data provision, documentation, and privacy protection. Natsuko holds a Ph.D. in political science and has extensive experience in research and data management, previously serving as a Research Manager at the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research from 2017 to 2024. They also held roles as a Project Manager, Research Associate, and CLIR/DLF Data Curation Fellow at the University of Michigan. Natsuko's research interests include the sociopolitical impact of research, particularly examining university contributions to the public good through federal advisory services.