Staff Bios

Stacey Lutz, Ph.D. Director of Research Analysis lutz@porticoresearch.com

Stacey's academic accomplishments could easily make her PortiCo's brainiest staffer. With a doctorate in Social Psychology, specializing in developmental issues, Stacey has contributed to PortiCo Research since 1996 as the company's Director of Research Analysis. She regularly teaches social and developmental psychology and research methods at New York University, teaches a doctoral seminar in social psychological theory at Teacher's College, Columbia University, and has taught gender studies and feminist theory at the New School for Social Research. She also acts as a consultant for the Center for Children & Technology, a Greenwich Village-based nonprofit research group that explores ways to enhance educational equity and technology use for kids from underserved communities.

But Stacey is no pedagogue. Away from PortiCo, Stacey plunges into the world of Lindy Hop, a dance born at the Savoy Ballroom in 1930s Harlem that became the craze later known as Jitterbug. Stacey has performed at such swing venues as Irving Plaza and the 92nd Street Y, and served as DJ for the New York Swing Dance Society. Thanks to her passion for jazz and swing, we've all elevated our musical IQ by a few notches.

• PortiCo staffer since 1996
• Ph.D. in Social Psychology, New York University
• Adjunct Professor, New York University, and Teachers College, Columbia University
• Research Consultant, Center for Children & Technology