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Joseph Payovich

Web Developer, Office of Communications & Outreach

Joe Payovich is a web designer at the University of Michigan's Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, where he supports the web and digital projects needs of the Education Policy Initiative, Program for Practical Policy Engagement, Poverty…

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Stacey Rzeszut

Administrative Coordinator

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Stacey Rzeszut is the administrative coordinator for EPI and provides fiscal, operational and administrative support to the EPI team and predoctoral candidates. Outside of work, Stacey enjoys traveling with her…

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Thomas Staines

Data Analyst

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Tom Staines is a Data Analyst with the Education Policy Initiative. He joined EPI after obtaining his MPP at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of…

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Anne Taylor

Senior Project Manager, Education Policy Initiative

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Annie Taylor is a senior project manager focusing on early childhood with the Education Policy Initiative. Her work at EPI includes designing and implementing research agendas and studies for universal preschool programs around the county. She joined…

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Qia Yang

Data Programmer

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Qia Yang is the data programmer at the Education Policy Initiative. His primary work is to maintain the Michigan Education Data Center, import data from the State of Michigan and export data to MERI researchers. He also optimizes the code in MEDC to…

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Emanuele Bardelli

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Brown University

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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…

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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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Nate Bauer

Director of Financial Aid, University of Michigan Law School

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Nate Bauer received his PhD from the Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education in the School of Education. Nate’s focus of study was public policy in postsecondary education, and he is very interested in financial aid policy and…

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Meredith Billings

Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership at Sam Houston State University

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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

Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Wayne State University

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Stacey L. Brockman, Ph.D. is an assistant professor of educational leadership and policy studies at Wayne State University. Dr. Brockman spent a significant portion of her career as a high school teacher, teacher educator, and intervention…

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Elizabeth Burland

Assistant Research Professor, University of Connecticut School of Public Policy

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Elizabeth Burland is an assistant research professor in the University of Connecticut School of Public Policy. She received her Ph.D. in Public Policy and Sociology from the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan.…

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Kristen Cummings

Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University

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Kristen Cummings is a Postdoctoral Fellow for the National Center for Rural Education Research Networks at the Center for Education Policy Research. Kristen recently completed her doctorate in Higher Education from the University of Michigan, where…

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KC Deane

Associate Director of Research and Program Evaluation, Washington Student Achievement Council

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KC Deane is an Associate Director of Research and Program Evaluation at the Washington Student Achievement Council, Washington State's higher education agency. She completed her doctoral studies as an IES predoctoral fellow in the University of…

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Shauna Dyer

Harvard David E. Bell Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University

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Shauna Dyer received her PhD in sociology at the University of Michigan and was an IES predoctoral fellow. She is currently a David E. Bell Postdoctoral Fellow at the Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies. Her research primarily…

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Fernando Furquim

Director of Institutional Effectiveness, Minneapolis Community & Technical College

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Fernando Furquim received his PhD from the Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education at the University of Michigan and was an IES predoctoral fellow. Furquim is now the Director of Institutional Effectiveness at the Minneapolis…

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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

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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)

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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…

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Amanda Ketner Weissman

Research Statistician Developer, SAS

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Amanda (Ketner) Weissman completed her Ph.D. 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 populations…

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Daniel Kreisman

Assistant Professor of Economics at Georgia State University

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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…

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Shawn Martin

Associate, Cornerstone Research

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Shawn Martin is an associate at Cornerstone Research. She was a fellow in the Predoctoral Training Program in Causal Inference in Education Policy Research. She graduated from the University of California – San Diego with a B.S. in Economics and from…

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Lillie Moffett

Researcher, Boston Public Schools and Child 360 in Los Angeles

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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

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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

Research Director, The College Board

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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 the College Board, researching the path to college…

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Stephanie Owen

Assistant Professor of Economics at Colby College

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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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Shwetha Raghuraman

Predoctoral Research Fellow

Shwetha Raghuraman is an applied microeconomist with interests in education, labor, and industrial organization. She researches how students decide whether and where to attend school, and how this differs by race and socioeconomic status. She uses…

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Michael Ricks

Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Michael is an applied public economist working as an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln. His research applies theory and econometrics to analyze the welfare implications of government programs, including…

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