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F. Chris Curran, Ph.D.<\/h3>\n

Director – Educational Leadership & Policy<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Research Interests:
<\/strong>Educational Policy, School Safety, Early Childhood Education, Policy Analysis, Applied Data Science<\/p>\n

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Katy Chapman, Ph.D.<\/h3>\n

Faculty Affiliate – Early Childhood Education
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Research Interests:
<\/strong>Early childhood education, policy, and leadership
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Taryrn Brown, Ph.D.<\/h3>\n

Faculty Affiliate – Teaching and Learning<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Research Interests:
<\/strong>Black feminism, narrative analysis, intersectionality, critical race theory, and Black girlhood studies
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Christopher Redding, Ph.D.<\/h3>\n

Faculty Affiliate – Educational Leadership & Policy<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Research Interests:
<\/strong>School Improvement, Data-Driven Decision Making<\/p>\n

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Jaime Ahlberg, Ph.D.<\/h3>\n

Faculty Affiliate – Philosophy<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Research Interests:
<\/strong>Social and political philosophy, schooling and disability, educational rights
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Hector H. Sandoval, Ph.D.<\/h3>\n

Faculty Affiliate – Economics<\/h4>\n

Research Interests:<\/strong>
Applied microeconomics, education, social interactions, and poverty.<\/p>\n

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Dr. Tiffany Aaron, Ph.D.<\/h3>\n

Faculty Affiliate – Educational Leadership & Policy<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Research Interests:
<\/strong>School turnaround, leaders of color, school leadership<\/p>\n

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Walter Fernando Balser, Ed.D<\/h3>\n

Faculty Affiliate – Educational Leadership & Policy<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Research Interests:
<\/strong>Decentralization of schooling; Education, non-profits, and private capital
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Christopher Thomas J.D., Ph.D.<\/h3>\n

Faculty Affiliate – Educational Leadership & Policy<\/h4>\n

Research Interests:<\/strong>
Education law & finance; Student activism<\/p>\n

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Jen Kent, Ph.D.<\/h3>\n

Faculty Affiliate – <\/strong>Educational Leadership and Policy<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Research Interests:
<\/strong>Education policy; School safety; School discipline<\/p>\n

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Wei Li, Ph.D.<\/h3>\n

Faculty Affiliate – Research and Evaluation Methodology
<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Research Interests:
<\/strong>Evaluation, Cost-benefit Analysis, Education Policy<\/p>\n

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Advisory Board<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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David Miller, Ph.D.<\/h3>\n

Advisory Board – Director of School of Human Development and Organizational Studies in Education<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Research Interests:
<\/strong>Research and evaluation methodology
<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Philip E. Poekert, Ph.D.<\/h3>\n

Advisory Board – Director of the Lastinger Center for Learning<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Research Interests:
<\/strong>Education policy, professional development, big data in education<\/p>\n

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Mary Brownell, Ph.D.<\/h3>\n

Advisory Board – Director of the Collaboration for Effective Educator Development, Accountability, and Reform Center<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Richard Romano, Ph.D.<\/h3>\n

Advisory Board – Gerald L. Gunter Memorial Professor, Department of Economics<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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