Our students

2023
2022

Fernanda Alves

Areas of interest: international education policy; connecting private, public, and third-sector organizations to increase opportunities for underprivileged youth in Brazil

Kate Berkley

Areas of interest: postsecondary access and persistence, adult and non-traditional learners, workforce development, upskilling and reskilling, career exploration programs for high school students, cross-sector partnerships, organizational leadership, research-practice partnerships, philanthropy

Gabriel Cheong

Areas of interest: education policy development, education leadership, professional learning of teachers, community involvement in education, and education non-profits

Kayla Constandse

Areas of interest: higher education; student affairs; education policy; diversity, equity, and inclusion; access; admissions; collegiate athletics

Catherine Eng

Areas of interest: higher education policy and administration, affirmative action, Asian Americans in education, tutoring, educational nonprofits, intersectionality, education equity

Olivia Pei Lim

Areas of interest: future of learning, education policy and practice, organizational change and culture, education systems leadership, teacher professional and leadership development, leadership coaching, learning experience design, student agency

Ellen Liu

Areas of interest: workforce development, career pathways, upskilling/reskilling, higher education and employer relationship, learning science, life-long learning, career and life coaching

Pamela Low

Areas of interest: artful thinking, equity in education, informal learning environments, museum education, race and ethnicity, social and emotional learning

Albert Lowe

Areas of interest: homelessness advocacy, community organizing, student mental health, wrap around services, community partnerships, school partnerships, community engagement, education equity, critical race theory

Andrew Luck

Areas of interest: Youth sports, intercollegiate athletics, coaching, intersection of athletics and academics, equity in education, leadership in educational systems, organizational change, systems change

Drew McCann

Areas of interest: early literacy education, science of reading, special education, education technology, personalization, early childhood education

Gabriela Mottesi

Areas of interest: special education, multi-language learners, K-12 and higher education policy, teacher recruitment and retention, systems change

Xander Paras

Areas of interest: equity in education, leadership in educational systems, organizational change, systems change, school finance, K-12 and higher education policy

Anthony Sanford II

Areas of interest: nonprofit leadership; equity in education; diversity, equity, and inclusion; higher education; education consulting; organizing; community-based partnerships; liberation

Stephanie Seidmon

Areas of interest: climate, environmental, and science literacy in K12; teacher learning, development, and retention; local, state, and national policy levers; AI and educating for the future; environmental justice pedagogy; antiracist teaching practices and fostering critical consciousness; curriculum design and construction; leadership in education

Shadman Uddin

Areas of interest: higher education, workforce development, learning analytics, organizational change management, innovations in learning

Joanna Weingast

Areas of interest: K-12 education policy and implementation, equity in education, evidence-based and student-centered policymaking, assessment strategy, systems change, educational data analysis

Jodi Anderson, Jr.

Areas of interest: edtech, workforce development, juvenile justice, criminal justice reform, online education, upskilling/reskilling, digital literacy, jobtech, non-traditional students, user experience design

Yesenia Ayala

Areas of interest: K–12 and higher education policy, education equity, research-practice, formative assessment, student agency, professional development, community-based partnerships

Natalie Bess

Areas of interest: policy supporting integrated schools, education systems leadership, college access and success for first-generation students, educational practices supporting holistic child development, equitable school funding and choice policy, education systems leadership

Gabriela Fiore Bonicio

Areas of interest: adult learning, secondary and higher education, teaching and school leadership, formative assessment, learner agency

Chee Wing Chan

Areas of interest: early childhood, organizational culture, teacher retention and career development

Thu Cung

Areas of interest: special education, (dis)ability studies, critical race theory, intersectionality, social theory, radical imagination, liberation

Elena Elliott

Areas of interest: early childhood education, elementary education, child-centered learning, social and emotional learning, teacher education, curriculum design, community schools

Cata Fuenzalida

Areas of interest: school improvement, school management, education program design and implementation, school strategy, systems change, school culture, community engagement, evidence-based decisions, leadership development, teacher learning

Molly Gibian

Areas of interest: educational technology, assessment policy and evaluation, PK–12 education, learning sciences, user experience research product management and design, curriculum design, creative and collaborative learning, organizational leadership

Jennifer Hofmann

Areas of interest: future of work, upskilling and reskilling, edtech, adult learners, community-based learning, private-public education partnerships

Rui Huang

Areas of interest: education policy, leadership studies, alternatives to postsecondary education, informal learning design, edtech product design and management, web3 blockchain upskilling

Cordy McJunkins

Areas of interest: higher education, postsecondary access, legal issues, school finance, school reform, poverty and inequality

Maria Camila Rivera Zabarain

Areas of interest: equity in education, leadership in educational systems, policy and program implementation in schools, K–12 education, education in Latin America and the Caribbean, early literacy education, professional development

Savannah Strong

Areas of interest: identity development, organizational change, school leadership, student agency, curriculum design, systems thinking, design thinking, critical race theory, power and privilege, active listening

Devon Winsor

Areas of interest: education equity, curriculum construction, learning experience design, utilizing edtech to address inequities and create effective instruction, teacher education

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