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Micah Baum

Predoctoral Research Fellow
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…
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Noa Benveniste

Predoctoral Research Fellow
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.…
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Jordy Berne

Predoctoral Research Fellow
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
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
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
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…
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Kenneth Hofmeister

Predoctoral Research Fellow
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Nathan Sotherland is a 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 Career and…
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Jennifer Trigger

Predoctoral Research Fellow
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
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
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…