F. Chris Curran, Ph.D.
Director – Educational Leadership & Policy
Research Interests:
Educational Policy, School Safety, Early Childhood Education, Policy Analysis, Applied Data Science
Katy Chapman, Ph.D.
Faculty Affiliate – Early Childhood Education
Research Interests:
Early childhood education, policy, and leadership
Taryrn Brown, Ph.D.
Faculty Affiliate – Teaching and Learning
Research Interests:
Black feminism, narrative analysis, intersectionality, critical race theory, and Black girlhood studies
Christopher Redding, Ph.D.
Faculty Affiliate – Educational Leadership & Policy
Research Interests:
School Improvement, Data-Driven Decision Making
Jaime Ahlberg, Ph.D.
Faculty Affiliate – Philosophy
Research Interests:
Social and political philosophy, schooling and disability, educational rights
Hector H. Sandoval, Ph.D.
Faculty Affiliate – Economics
Research Interests:
Applied microeconomics, education, social interactions, and poverty.
Dr. Tiffany Aaron, Ph.D.
Faculty Affiliate – Educational Leadership & Policy
Research Interests:
School turnaround, leaders of color, school leadership
Walter Fernando Balser, Ed.D
Faculty Affiliate – Educational Leadership & Policy
Research Interests:
Decentralization of schooling; Education, non-profits, and private capital
Christopher Thomas J.D., Ph.D.
Faculty Affiliate – Educational Leadership & Policy
Research Interests:
Education law & finance; Student activism
Jen Kent, Ph.D.
Faculty Affiliate – Educational Leadership and Policy
Research Interests:
Education policy; School safety; School discipline
Wei Li, Ph.D.
Faculty Affiliate – Research and Evaluation Methodology
Research Interests:
Evaluation, Cost-benefit Analysis, Education Policy
Advisory Board
David Miller, Ph.D.
Advisory Board – Director of School of Human Development and Organizational Studies in Education
Research Interests:
Research and evaluation methodology
Philip E. Poekert, Ph.D.
Advisory Board – Director of the Lastinger Center for Learning
Research Interests:
Education policy, professional development, big data in education
Mary Brownell, Ph.D.
Advisory Board – Director of the Collaboration for Effective Educator Development, Accountability, and Reform Center
Research Interests:
Special education and teacher policy
Richard Romano, Ph.D.
Advisory Board – Gerald L. Gunter Memorial Professor, Department of Economics
Research Interests:
Education policy, public economics, imperfect competition