F. Chris Curran, Ph.D.
Director – Educational Leadership & Policy
Research Interests:
Educational Policy, School Safety, Early Childhood Education, Policy Analysis, Applied Data Science, Disparities in Educational Outcomes
Catherine G. Atria, Ph.D.
Faculty Affiliate – Educational Leadership & Policy
Research Interests:
Teacher Mentoring, Observation and Evaluation, Program Development, Personnel Management
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
Perihan Saygin, Ph.D.
Faculty Affiliate – Economics
Research Interests:
Labor economics, economics of education, social and economic networks
Wei Li, Ph.D.
Faculty Affiliate – Research and Evaluation Methodology
Research Interests:
Evaluation, Cost-benefit Analysis, Education Policy
Post-Doctoral Scholars and Research Staff
Jen Kent, Ph.D.
Curriculum and Research Designer – Education Policy Research Center
Research Interests:
Education policy; School safety; School discipline
Ann Marie Cotman, Ph.D.
Post-Doctoral Scholar – Education Policy Research Center
Research Interests:
School safety; 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
Patricia Snyder, Ph.D.
Advisory Board – Director of the Anita Zucker Center for Excellence in Early Childhood Studies
Research Interests:
Early childhood education
Justin Ortagus, Ph.D.
Advisory Board – Director of the Institute of Higher Education
Research Interests:
Higher education policy
Richard Romano, Ph.D.
Advisory Board – Gerald L. Gunter Memorial Professor, Department of Economics
Research Interests:
Education policy, public economics, imperfect competition
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