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Students who have trained with the program's core faculty members have taken positions or earned accolades including:

Government/Public Sector Organizations
  • Senior K-12 Policy Analyst at the National Governors Association
  • Director of Research and Analytics, Aspire Public Schools
  • Executive Director of Research, Assessment and Accountability, Maryland Department of Education
Research and/or Advocacy Organizations
  • Policy Researcher, Rand Corporation
  • Education Trust-Midwest
  • Associate Director of the Education Research Alliance of New Orleans
  • Research Associate, Basis Policy Research
  • Labor Economist, Michigan Education Association
  • Senior Program Officer, National Academy of Sciences
International Roles
  • Vice-coordinator of international relations at the Council of Higher Education of Turkey
  • Assistant Professor of Educational Administration and Policy at University of Macau, China
  • Korean Educational Development Institute
  • International Peace Cooperation, Program Advisor, Government of Japan
  • Education Manager, UNICEF
Higher Education Roles
  • Postdoctoral Researcher, Educational Administration, Northern Illinois University
  • Assistant Professor, Educational Administration, Northern Illinois University
  • Postdoctoral Researcher Associate, Annenberg Institute, Brown University
  • Postdoctoral Researcher, Arizona State University
  • Postdoctoral Scholar, University of California (Irvine)
  • Visiting Professor, Grinnell College (Iowa)
  • Visiting Professor, Colby College (Maine)
  • Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill)
  • Assistant Professor, Wayne State University (Michigan)
  • Assistant Professor, Seton Hall (New Jersey)
  • Assistant Professor, Boston University
  • Assistant Professor, University of Washington
  • Assistant Professor, North Carolina State
  • Assistant Professor and Director of the Center for Research, Evaluation and Assessment, University of Nevada
  • Assistant Professor, University of Colorado (Colorado Springs)
Alum Awards & Achievements
  • Spencer/NAEd Dissertation Fellowship
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  • David L. Clark Award
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    • Outstanding Dissertation Award (Division L)
    • Outstanding Dissertation Award (Politics & Education SIG; School Finance SIG; District Research and Reform SIG)
  • Joint Japan/World Bank Graduate Scholarship
  • Emerging Scholar Award, AEFP