Directory | Education Policy Initiative

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Leadership

Nicole Wagner Lam

Associate Director

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Nicole Wagner Lam is the Associate Director for the Education Policy Initiative. In her role, she provides executive leadership and administrative management, develops collaborative state and local partnerships, and supports the overall growth of the…

Leadership

Kevin Stange

Professor of Public Policy

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Kevin Stange is a professor of public policy and co-director of the Education Policy Initiative at the University of Michigan where he teaches graduate courses in higher education policy, economics, and quantitative methods. He is also a faculty…

Leadership

Christina Weiland

Karl and Martha Kohn Professor of Social Policy and Professor of Education

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Christina Weiland is the Karl and Martha Kohn Professor of Social Policy and a professor at the University of Michigan's Marsal Family School of Education, and has affiliations with the Educational Studies department, the Combined Program in…

Core faculty

John Bound

George E. Johnson Collegiate Professor of Economics and Director of Doctoral Admissions

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John Bound is George E. Johnson collegiate professor of economics, director of doctoral admissions at the University of Michigan. Dr. Bound is an empirically oriented labor economist. Much of Bound's research has focused on the effect of health on…

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Sarah Cohodes

Associate Professor of Public Policy

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Sarah Cohodes is an associate professor of public policy at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy and a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. She uses quantitative causal inference methods to evaluate education policies…

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Stephen DesJardins

Marvin W. Peterson Collegiate Professor of Education; Professor Public Policy, Evaluation Faculty Lead

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Stephen L. DesJardins teaches courses related to public policy in higher education, economics and finances in postsecondary education, statistical methods, and institutional research and policy analysis. His research interests include student…

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Brian A. Jacob

Walter H. Annenberg Professor of Education Policy; Professor of Public Policy, Economics, and Education

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Brian A. Jacob is the Walter H. Annenberg Professor of Education Policy and professor of economics at the Ford School, and is co-director of the Youth Policy Lab. He is also a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Brian came…

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Katherine Michelmore

Associate Professor of Public Policy

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Katherine Michelmore is an associate professor of public policy at the University of Michigan's Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. Michelmore is a leading scholar and educator on the social safety net, education policy, labor economics, and…

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Matthew Ronfeldt

Associate Professor and Faculty Associate

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Matt Ronfeldt seeks to understand how to improve teaching quality, particularly in schools and districts that serve marginalized students. His research sits at the intersection of educational practice and policy and focuses on teacher preparation,…

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Basit Zafar

Professor of Economics

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Basit Zafar is an applied microeconomist. His research is focused on labor economics, economics of education, and household finance. Specifically, his work seeks to understand how individuals make decisions under uncertainty. Professor Zafar's…

Fellows

Micah Baum

Predoctoral Research Fellow

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Micah Baum is a PhD student in Public Policy & Economics and an NSF Graduate Research Fellow. He is interested in the interactions between public education, geographic inequality, and local labor markets. Previously, he worked as a Research Assistant…

Fellows

Noa Benveniste

Predoctoral Research Fellow

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Noa Benveniste is a PhD student in Economics at the University of Michigan. Her research interests are in applied microeconomics, including education, labor, and public finance. She received her BA in Economics from Brandeis University in 2021.…

Fellows

Jordy Berne

Predoctoral Research Fellow

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Jordy Berne is an applied microeconomist with research interests in the economics of education, labor economics, and public economics. His dissertation uses quasi-experimental methods to estimate the short- and long-run impacts of pre-K programs in…

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Alvin Christian

Predoctoral Research Fellow

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Alvin Christian is a PhD student in Economics and Public Policy at the University of Michigan. His research interests include the economics of education, development economics, and gender equality. Previously, he worked as a Research Assistant at…

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Michelle C. García

Predoctoral Research Fellow

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Michelle C. García is a doctoral student at the Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education and an IES predoctoral fellow at the University of Michigan. Her research interests include higher education policy and finance, particularly…

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Kelcie Gerson

Predoctoral Research Fellow

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Kelcie Gerson is a Institute of Education Sciences predoctoral fellow pursuing a joint PhD in Economics and Public Policy. Her research interests include access to higher education, particularly as it relates to rising education costs, student…

Fellows

Kenneth Hofmeister

Predoctoral Research Fellow

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Kenny Hofmeister is a PhD student in Economics at the University of Michigan. His research interests span the economics of education, labor economics, and econometrics. Prior to starting at Michigan, he worked as a research associate at the…

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Katie Laursen

Predoctoral Research Fellow

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Katie Laursen is a PhD student in Economics and Public Policy at the University of Michigan. Her research interests are primarily in the economics of education and labor economics. Before beginning graduate school, Katie worked as a research…

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Lindsay Leasor

Predoctoral Research Fellow

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Lindsay Leasor is a doctoral student in higher education and an IES predoctoral fellow at the University of Michigan. Her research interests include higher education policy and finance, labor economics, and career and technical education. She holds a…

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Katherine Leu

Predoctoral Research Fellow

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Katherine Leu is a Ph.D. student in Sociology and an IES predoctoral fellow at the University of Michigan, as well as an NSF Graduate Research Fellow. Her research interests include higher education, social stratification, and the sociology of…

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Shekinah Lightner

Predoctoral Research Fellow

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Shekinah Lightner is a joint PhD student in Public Policy and Political Science. Prior to coming to Michigan, she graduated with her B.A. in Political Science and Economics from Furman University in 2020. She is broadly interested in racial and…

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Annaliese Paulson

Predoctoral Research Fellow

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Annaliese Paulson is a doctoral candidate at the Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education in the School of Education. Drawing on tools from computational social science and natural language processing, she studies student curricular…

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Joshua Skiles

Predoctoral Research Fellow

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Josh Skiles is a doctoral student at the Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education and an IES predoctoral fellow at the University of Michigan. His research interests include the evaluation and design of policies and interventions…

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Nathan Sotherland

Predoctoral Research Fellow

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Nathan Sotherland is a third-year PhD student in the Department of Economics at the University of Michigan. His fields of interest are labor economics, public finance, and the economics of education. His current research focuses on the effects that…

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Jennifer Trigger

Predoctoral Research Fellow

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Jennifer Trigger is a doctoral student at the Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education and an IES predoctoral fellow at the University of Michigan. Her research interests include education policy, higher education finance,…

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Matthew Truwit

Predoctoral Research Fellow

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Matthew Truwit is a graduate student pursuing his doctorate in quantitative research methods in education and a master’s in statistics at the University of Michigan. He seeks to build partnerships with policymakers and practitioners aimed at…

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Brittany Vasquez

Predoctoral Research Fellow

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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

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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…

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Emily Yerington

Predoctoral Research Fellow

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Emily Yerington is a doctoral student in the Combined Program in Education and Psychology (CPEP) at the University of Michigan. She is interested in the impact of school curricula on children's executive functioning skills, emotional regulation, and…

Affiliated faculty

Michael Bastedo

Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Studies; Professor, School of Education

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Michael Bastedo has scholarly interests in the governance, politics, and organization of public higher education, with particular interests in stratification, college admissions, rankings, and low-income students. He received the Early Career…