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Research fellows

Brittany Vasquez

Predoctoral Research Fellow
Brittany Vasquez is a doctoral student in public policy and sociology and an IES predoctoral fellow at the University of Michigan. Her fields of interest include economic inequality, mobility, and sociology of education. She holds a bachelor of arts…
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Tiffany Wu

Predoctoral Research Fellow
Tiffany Wu is a doctoral student in the Combined Program in Education and Psychology (CPEP) at the University of Michigan and is pursuing a dual Master’s degree in Statistics. She is interested in exploring the role of executive functioning and…
Alumni

Emanuele Bardelli

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Brown University
Emanuele Bardelli is a postdoctoral research associate in education policy at the Annenberg Institute at Brown University.  His research interests include teacher professional development, teacher learning, and instructional…
Alumni

Jason Baron

Assistant Research Professor of Economics, Duke University
Jason Baron was an IES postdoctoral fellow with the University of Michigan's Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. He recently obtained his PhD in economics from Florida State University and will join the Department of Economics at Duke University…
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Meredith Billings

Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership at Sam Houston State University
Meredith Billings is an assistant professor in the Department of Educational Leadership at Sam Houston State University. Prior to joining the faculty, Meredith was a postdoctoral research and teaching associate in the Institute of Higher Education at…
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Stacey Brockman

Researcher at Mathematica
Stacey Brockman is a Researcher in the Human Services Division at Mathematica. She uses rigorous quantitative methods to conduct partner-engaged research that informs the implementation of educational programs and policies. Her research focuses on…
Alumni

Fernando Furquim

Director of Institutional Effectiveness, Minneapolis Community & Technical College
Fernando Furquim was a doctoral candidate at the Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education at the University of Michigan. Furquim is now the Director of Institutional Effectiveness at the Minneapolis Community & Technical College. …
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Thomas Goldring

Research Director of the Georgia Policy Labs at Georgia State University
Thomas Goldring is the Research Director of the Georgia Policy Labs at Georgia State University. His research interests include school finance, test-based accountability, and career and technical education. Dr. Goldring earned his Ph.D. and M.Phil.,…
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Max Gross

Researcher in the Human Services Division at Mathematica
Max Gross is a Researcher in the Human Services Division at Mathematica. An applied economist with a focus on labor economics, he uses large data and rigorous quantitative methods to explore how public policy can best support historically underserved…
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Steven Hemelt

Associate Professor of Public Policy at the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
Steven Hemelt is an Associate Professor of Public Policy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Hemelt is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), a Senior Researcher at the National Center for Analysis of…
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Daniel Hubbard

Economic Researcher at the American Institutes for Research (AIR)
Daniel Hubbard is an economic researcher at the American Institutes for Research (AIR) in Arlington, Virginia. At AIR, Daniel has designed and conducted a variety of randomized controlled trials and quasi-experimental evaluations of educational…
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Joshua Hyman

Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at Amherst College.
Joshua Hyman is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at Amherst College. Hyman's fields of interest are in labor economics, public finance, and the economics of education. His research examines the effects of education policies…
Alumni

Amanda Ketner Weissman

Predoctoral Research Fellow
Amanda (Ketner) Weissman is a doctoral candidate in educational studies and an IES predoctoral fellow at the University of Michigan. Her research interests include the use of quantitative methods to study education for marginalized student…
Alumni

Daniel Kreisman

Assistant Professor of Economics at Georgia State University
​Daniel Kreisman is an Assistant Professor of Economics at Georgia State University. Kreisman previously served as postdoctoral research fellow with the Ford School's Education Policy Initiative. His research addresses topics in labor economics,…
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Tamara W. Linkow

Principle Associate, Division of Social and Economic Policy
Tamara Linkow has 11 years of experience conducting quantitative and qualitative educational research and evaluation. She has played leadership roles on studies using both experimental and quasi-experimental methods. She has worked for federal…
Alumni

Shawn Martin

Predoctoral Research Fellow
Shawn Martin is a PhD candidate in Economics and Public Policy and is on the job market in 2021-2022. Her job market paper studies the early career job changing behavior and earnings growth of college graduates, with a particular focus on contrasting…
Alumni

Lillie Moffett

Researcher, Boston Public Schools and Child 360 in Los Angeles
Lillie Moffett was a doctoral student in the Combined Program in Education & Psychology (CPEP). She is currently working on preK research projects with Boston Public Schools and Child 360 in Los Angeles.  She is a Rackham Merit Fellow, NSF Graduate…
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Tareena Musaddiq

Researcher, Mathematica, Human Services Division
Tareena Musaddiq is a Researcher at Mathematica in the Human Services division. Her research interests include the economics of education, health economics and development economics. Her work focuses on evaluating policies related to education and…
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Meghan Oster

Statistical Research Analyst at Iowa College Aid
Meghan Oster was a doctoral candidate in the Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education (CSHPE) and IES predoctoral fellow at the University of Michigan. Oster currently works at Iowa College Aid, researching state financial aid…
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Stephanie Owen

Assistant Professor of Economics at Colby College
Stephanie Owen graduated from the University of Michigan with a PhD in Economics and Public Policy in 2021 and is currently an Assistant Professor of Economics at Colby College. She studies the economics of education and is interested in…
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Silvia C. Robles

Researcher at Mathematica
Silvia Robles was a postdoctoral fellow with the Ford School's Education Policy Initiative. Her research interests include the economics of education and labor studies. Her work focuses on the transition between high school and college, and on…
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Rachel Rosen

Senior Associate, K-12 Education; co-Director of MDRC's Center for Effective Career and Technical Education (CTE).
Rosen joined MDRC in 2014 and is currently co-director of MDRC’s Center for Effective Career and Technical Education (CTE), which incubates new ideas, synthesizes findings and lessons learned, and disseminates this knowledge to…
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Nathaniel Schwartz

Professor of Practice, Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University
Nathaniel Schwartz is a professor of practice at the Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University. He leads Annenberg’s efforts to develop local partnerships that directly improve the quality of schools and experiences of students while…
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Anna Shapiro

Research Scientist, University of Virginia
Anna Shapiro's research focuses on the effects of early childhood programs and policies on young children’s cognitive and socioemotional outcomes. She is particularly focused on the effects of early childhood programs on children with or at-risk for…
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Andrew Simon

Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Economics, University of Chicago
Andrew Simon is a Postdoctoral Scholar in the Department of Economics at the University of Chicago and the John Mitchell Lab.  Prior to that, Andrew was a Ph.D. candidate in economics at the University of Michigan and an Institute of Education…
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Sabrina Solanki

Academic Administrator, Education Research Initiative, University of California - Irvine
Sabrina Solanki completed her IES Postdoctoral Fellowship with the Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan. Her research focused on higher education policy, teacher effectiveness, STEM education, and the evaluation of education…
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Marissa Thompson

Assistant Professor of Sociology, Columbia University
Marissa Thompson is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Columbia University. Her research focuses on the causes and consequences of racial and socioeconomic inequality, with an emphasis on understanding the role of education in producing disparate…
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Mark Wiederspan

Executive Director for Iowa College Aid
Dr. Mark Wiederspan is the Executive Director for Iowa College Aid. Mark joined Iowa College Aid as Executive Research Officer in June 2018 and was named Division Administrator for Research and Communications in August 2019. Before returning to Iowa,…
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Xiaoyang Ye

Postdoctoral Researcher in Education Policy in the Annenberg Institute at Brown University
Xiaoyang Ye is a Postdoctoral Researcher in Education Policy in the Annenberg Institute at Brown University. He studies the economics of education, with a focus on understanding and advancing education policies to reduce poverty and inequality. He…
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Gloria Yeomans-Maldonado

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Children's Learning Institute, University of Texas
Gloria Yeomans-Maldonado was an IES Postdoctoral Fellow with the Ford School’s Education Policy Initiative from 2018-2020. Her research interests include early childhood, child development, and the contextual factors that accompany these experiences…