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Nicole Wagner Lam

Associate Director

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

Associate Professor of Public Policy

kstange@umich.edu

(734) 615-6990

Kevin Stange is an associate 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…

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Christina Weiland

Associate Professor of Education

weilandc@umich.edu

(734) 615-1530

Christina Weiland is an associate professor at the University of Michigan's School of Education, with a courtesy appointment at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy and affiliations with the Educational Studies department, the Combined Program…

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John Bound

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

jbound@umich.edu

734-647-2319

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

scohodes@umich.edu

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

sdesj@umich.edu

734-647-1984

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

bajacob@umich.edu

(734) 615-6994

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

Katherine Michelmore is an associate professor of public policy at the University of Michigan's Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. Previously, she was assistant professor of public administration and international affairs at Syracuse…

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Matthew Ronfeldt

Associate Professor and Faculty Associate

ronfeldt@umich.edu

734-936-3656

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

bzafar@umich.edu

(734) 763-9810

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

mybaum@umich.edu

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

Jordy Berne

Predoctoral Research Fellow

Jordy Berne is a PhD student in economics and an Institute of Education Sciences predoctoral fellow. His research interests include child development, economic mobility, and the economics of education. He’s particularly interested in these areas as…

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Alvin Christian

Predoctoral Research Fellow

alvinchr@umich.edu

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…

Fellows

Kristen Cummings

Doctoral Student at the Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education

kristenz@umich.edu

Kristen Cummings is a doctoral student at the Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education in the School of Education. Her research interests include state higher education policy, financial aid, and the role of geography in college…

Fellows

Kelcie Gerson

Predoctoral Research Fellow

kgerson@umich.edu

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

kjhofmei@umich.edu

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…

Fellows

Lindsay Leasor

Predoctoral Research Fellow

leasor@umich.edu

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…

Fellows

Katherine Leu

Predoctoral Research Fellow

kleu@umich.edu

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…

Fellows

Shekinah Lightner

Predoctoral Research Fellow

lightner@umich.edu

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…

Fellows

Anna Paulson

Predoctoral Research Fellow

annamp@umich.edu

Anna Paulson 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 center on the effects of post-secondary curriculum on students,…

Fellows

Shwetha Raghuraman

Predoctoral Research Fellow

sraghura@umich.edu

Shwetha Raghuraman is a PhD candidate in economics at the University of Michigan. Her research interests include economics of education, industrial organization, and labor economics; in particular, she is interested in the industrial organization of…

Fellows

Joshua Skiles

Predoctoral Research Fellow

jskiles@umich.edu

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…

Fellows

Nathan Sotherland

Predoctoral Research Fellow

natesoth@umich.edu

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…

Fellows

Matthew Truwit

Predoctoral Research Fellow

mtruwit@umich.edu

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 incorporate a comprehensive perspective on the developmental role of…

Fellows

Brittany Vasquez

Predoctoral Research Fellow

vasqbn@umich.edu

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…

Fellows

Tiffany Wu

Predoctoral Research Fellow

wutiffa@umich.edu

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…

Fellows

Emily Yerington

Predoctoral Research Fellow

emilygy@umich.edu

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

Peter Bahr

Associate Professor of Education

prbahr@umich.edu

Peter Bahr is an associate research professor at the Center for the Study of Higher Education at the University of Michigan School of Education. In his research, Dr. Bahr seeks to deconstruct students' pathways into, through, and out of community…

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Michael Bastedo

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

bastedo@umich.edu

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…

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W. Carson Byrd

Associate Research Scientist in the Center for the Study of Higher & Postsecondary Education

wcbyrd@umich.edu

Dr. W. Carson Byrd is an Associate Research Scientist in the Center for the Study of Higher & Postsecondary Education. His research examines the mechanisms of racism within higher education and in broader society, racialization of science and…

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