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• MSW, Washington University in St. Louis, 2013
• MPH, Washington University in St. Louis, 2013
• BA, Economics, University of Pennsylvania, 2006

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• MS Education, Johns Hopkins University, 2012
• BA Political Science, Kenyon College, 2010

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• BA in Public Policy at the University of Chicago in 2015, University of Chicago, 2015

Research Interests

I am interested in mechanisms for systematically achieving improvement at scale, such as research practice partnerships and interorganizational networks. I am also interested in the role of leadership in facilitating the implementation of mathematics reforms in community colleges.

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• MA, Social Services Administration, The University of Chicago, 2008
• BA, Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, CUNY, The City College of New York, 2006

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• MS, Statistics, Northwestern University, 2017
• BS, Family Life, Brigham Young University, 2012
• MA, Human Development and Social Policy, Northwestern University, 2018

Research Interests

I am interested in the intersection of home and school environments and its impact on children’s development, especially among families from low-income, immigrant, or ethnic-minority backgrounds.

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• MPA, International Economic Policy and Management, Columbia University, 2011
• BA, Journalism and Spanish Literature, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, 2006

Research Interests

 Claudia M. Castillo-Lavergne is pursuing a Ph.D. in Human Development and Social Policy from the School of Education and Social Policy at Northwestern University.  Her research focuses on the psychological well-being of adolescents and young adults, with a particular focus on associations between psychological well-being and the intersection of a person’s multiple identities in different social contexts. An additional strand of her work explores the development of policies and programs associated with Hispanic-Serving Institutions at the institutional, state, and federal levels.  

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• EdM, Education Policy, Harvard Graduate School of Education, 2005
• BS, Secondary Education, Penn State University, 2002

Research Interests

 Teacher practice in racially integrated schools; interventions to promote educational equity; policy implementation in schools; research use in policy

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• MA, Applied Developmental and Educational Psychology, Boston College, 2013
• BS, Psychology, Boston College, 2012

Research Interests

 stress biology; cortisol; poverty policy; welfare reform

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• MA, Sociology, University of California, Berkeley, 2012
• BA, Sociology and French, University of California, Berkeley, 2009

Research Interests

College access and success, transition from high school to college, quantitative methods

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• AM, Social Service Administration, University of Chicago, 2013
• MPP, University of Chicago, 2013
• BA, Sociology, University of Michigan, 2010

Research Interests

Jennifer Cowhy is interested in researching how schools can better serve students who have experienced adverse childhood experiences ad students with IEPs.  Prior to studying at Northwestern, Jen worked at the University of Chicago Consortium on School Research, where she studied the implementation of several policy and program implementations in Chicago Public Schools.

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• MS, Education, Culture and Society, Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania, 2020
• MS, Nonprofit Leadership, School of Social Policy and Practice, University of Pennsylvania, 2020
• BA, Secondary Education: English, Brooklyn College, 2018

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• MPP, Frank Batten School of Public Policy, University of Virginia, 2014
• BA, American Politics, University of Virginia, 2013

Research Interests

Evaluating the impact of social safety net programs on children and families; specifically early childhood education, child welfare, child support, and TANF related programs.

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• EdM, International Education Policy, Harvard Graduate School of Education, 2013
• BA, Mathematics and English, University of Iowa, 2007

Research Interests

Interventions in higher education that promote student persistence and success; developmental education; transition from high school to postsecondary education; quantitative methods; causal methods

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• B.S. Policy Analysis & Management, Cornell University, 2012

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• MS, Adolescent Special Education, Hunter College, 2013
• BA, Political Science and Global Studies, Concordia College, 2011

Research Interests

I am interested in the long-term impacts of education policy reform efforts on students' educational achievement and attitudes toward education. I am also interested in the ways in which students and families understand their role in the education policy-making process., I am interested in how we define and measure school quality and in how those definitions and measurements of school quality impact what happens inside of schools.

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• MA, Public Health , Harvard University, 2008
• BA, Women's Studies, Harvard University, 2003

Research Interests

Research interests include early childhood development, social determinants of health,
resilience, multi-generational interventions for health and education, and program evaluation methods
(especially collaborative/community-based methodologies and mixed methods approaches).

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• AM, University of Chicago, 2007
• BA, Tufts University, 2002

Research Interests

I am interested in exploring the institutional mechanisms and practices that foster adult identity development and influence education and work trajectories during the transition to adulthood, with a focus on juvenile justice and community college systems.

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Research Interests

Meghan is interested in examining policies and incentives that impact under-served communities.

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• • MA, Educational Leadership & Policy, Portland State University
  • BA, Communications, Portland State University

Research Interests

Heather draws on a range of analytic and interpretive methods to study the influence of aspiring change agents on institutionalized racial inequities in higher education policy. Constructs central to Heather's work include: racialized organizations, institutional persistence and change, racial frames, political development and racial backlash, and organizational sensemaking.

Dissertation Title

Change Agents or Same Agents?: Grantmakers and Racial Inequity in U.S. Higher Education

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• BA, Psychology, University of California, Santa Cruz, 2011

Research Interests

Sociology of Education, educational attainment and employment outcomes, high-school-to-work transition, high school career guidance, Career and Technical Education (CTE), community colleges

Connections between research, policy, and practice. Mixed-methods research. Intervention and implementation science.

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• Ed.M., Prevention Science and Practice, Harvard Graduate School of Education, 2016
• B.A., Ethnic Studies2014, University of California, Berkeley, 2014

Research Interests

Juvenile justice policy; justice centered reform; carceral education; adolescent development; racial/ethnic identity formation

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• MA, Experimental Psychology, Towson University, 2017
• BA, Psychology, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania , 2015

Research Interests

 Emotion Regulation, Emotion, Motivation

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• BA in Psychology, DePauw University, 2014

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• MA, International Relations, University of Chicago, 2009
• MA, Public Policy, University of Chicago, 2009
• BA, Politics, Princeton University
• MA, Human Development and Social Policy, Northwestern University, 2016

Research Interests

Intersection of vocational psychology and sociology of work, sense of calling in the work role, meaning, purpose, vocation, narrative identity, cultural discourses about work and motivation, work orientation, adult development, generativity, pro-social work, educational leadership, artists, gig economy, precarious work

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• MA, Economic Policy in Global Markets, Central European University, 2015
• BSc, Economic Analysis, Corvinus University of Budapest, 2013

Research Interests

Early childhood education; female labor force participation; causal methods

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• MPP, Quantitative Methods in Education Policy, Vanderbilt University, 2016
• BA, International Relations/Economics, The College of Wooster, 2011

Research Interests

 Economics of Education and Housing, Desegregation Policy, Social and Emotional Learning Outcomes, Causal Methods

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