The Team
Faculty, students, and partners across the University of Tulsa, Harvard Graduate School of Design, Housing Forward, the City of Tulsa, and PartnerTulsa. 22 confirmed team members for the Summer 2026 effort (Jun 1 – Aug 7).
University of Tulsa Faculty
Collins College of Business and the Center for Real Estate Studies.
Dr. Meagan McCollum
Associate Professor of Finance · Director, Center for Real Estate Studies · Coordination lead
Collins College of Business, University of Tulsa
Dr. Cayman Seagraves
Assistant Professor of Finance · Project lead
Collins College of Business, University of Tulsa
Dr. Larry Wofford
Davis D. Bovaird Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies · Assistant Professor of Management & Marketing
Collins College of Business, University of Tulsa
Harvard GSD Faculty
Real estate and urban-economics scholarship anchoring the academic methodology.
Dr. Avis Devine
Associate Professor of Real Estate
Harvard Graduate School of Design
Dr. Rachel Meltzer
Plimpton Associate Professor of Planning and Urban Economics
Harvard Graduate School of Design
University of Tulsa Graduate Students and Staff
Camera leadership, training, routing, and project management for Summer 2026.
Aytaj Ismailova
Camera lead · Insta360 Pro 8K rig and field-collection guidance
MAcc, University of Tulsa
Marcella Gonzaga
Co-lead, Jun 1 training · AREUEA Pipeline Scholar
MSBA, University of Tulsa · LSU Finance PhD (Fall 2026)
Bill Ayuk Eyong Tabe
Routing and data lead · Summer 2026 field-collection routes · "Tabe"
MBA, University of Tulsa
Mav Henningsen
Project management lead · cohort tracking and cadence
Manager of Global Programs, Center for Global Engagement · MBA student, University of Tulsa
Harvard Student Collaborator
Working directly with Dr. Seagraves on the AI detection model and portal backend.
Heemy Kalam
Researcher · AI detection model and portal backend
Math and Computer Science, Harvard College
TURC Undergraduate Researchers
The Tulsa Undergraduate Research Challenge cohort. Each commits roughly 200 hours over the 10-week summer.
Alex Beeman
TURC undergraduate researcher
University of Tulsa
Nhat Tran
TURC undergraduate researcher
University of Tulsa
Nancy Nguyen
TURC undergraduate researcher
University of Tulsa
Tobias Fernandez
TURC undergraduate researcher
University of Tulsa
Anikah Rahman
TURC undergraduate researcher
University of Tulsa
Anna Hart
TURC undergraduate researcher · returning from Summer 2025
University of Tulsa
Erica Huang
TURC undergraduate researcher
University of Tulsa
TURC Junior Scholars
High-school researchers participating in TURC for at least 100 hours over the summer, with TU credentials.
Charlotte Lackey
TURC Junior Scholar
Owasso High School
Luke Abdoveis
TURC Junior Scholar
Booker T. Washington High School
Marely Espinoza
TURC Junior Scholar
Thomas Edison High School
Lyle Bristow
TURC Junior Scholar
Holland Hall
Kate Chalkin
TURC Junior Scholar
Holland Hall
Partners
The community and public-sector organizations driving the work alongside the academic team.
Housing Forward
Primary community partner
Local expertise and operational workflow, with direct relationships to North Tulsa residents.
City of Tulsa
Public-sector partner
Development Services and code enforcement, ensuring alignment with municipal housing and development goals.
PartnerTulsa
Economic development partner
Economic-development context and connection to the InvestNorth funding geography.