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The Center's research scientists are leaders in the field of economics and other social sciences as they relate to education policy research. Together, our substantive interests span the full field of education policy research: state and local education finance, school accountability, standards and assessment, teacher recruitment and retention, teacher quality, school administration, child development, early childhood education, special education, childhood poverty, higher education, segregation, school choice, and school incentives. For more information about our research partners please click on the names below.

	SENIOR RESEARCHERS	AREAS OF EXPERTISE
	Jane Hannaway Principal Investigator & Director Director, Education Policy Center The Urban Institute jhannaway@urban.org	Educational Organizations School Finance School Incentives Teacher Quality Teacher Labor Markets
	Donald Boyd Senior Researcher Deputy Director, Center for Policy Research University at Albany, SUNY boydd@rockinst.org	Achievement School Finance Teacher Quality Teacher Labor Markets
	Damon Clark Senior Researcher Assistant Professor of Economics University of Florida damon.clark@cba.ufl.edu	Education & Health Policy Comparative Education Labor Markets & Education School Choice Secondary Education
	Charles Clotfelter Senior Researcher Z. Smith Reynolds Professor of Public Policy Studies Professor of Economics & Law Duke University Director, Center for the Study of Philanthropy & Voluntarism charles.clotfelter@duke.edu	Accountability Achievement Higher Education Racial/Ethnic Inequalities School Desegregation School Finance
	David Figlio Principal Investigator- Florida Orrington Lunt Professor of Education & Social Policy Professor of Economics Northwestern University figlio@northwestern.edu	Accountability Education & Health Policy School Finance School Vouchers Testing Policy
	Mark Ehlert Senior Researcher Research Analyst, Economic & Policy Analysis Research Center Department of Economics University of Missouri-Columbia EhlertM@missouri.edu	Professional Development Teacher Quality Vocational Education
	Dan Goldhaber Principal Investigator- Washington Research Professor University of Washington Bothell; Center on Reinventing Public Education Affiliated Scholar, The Urban Institute dgoldhab@u.washington.edu	Teacher Quality Teacher Labor Markets
	Eric Hanushek Principal Investigator-Texas Paul and Jean Hanna Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution Stanford University Chairman- Executive Committee, Texas Schools Project University of Texas at Dallas hanushek@stanford.edu	Class-Size Reduction School Finance School Incentives Teacher Quality
	Lawrence Kenny Senior Researcher Professor of Economics University of Florida larry.kenny@cba.ufl.edu	Education Economies of Scale School Choice Teacher Salaries
	Helen Ladd Principal Investigator- North Carolina Edgar Thompson Professor of Public Policy Professor of Economics Duke University helen.ladd@duke.edu	Accountability Achievement Market-Based School Reform School Choice School Finance Teacher Quality
	Hamilton Lankford Senior Researcher Professor of Economics & Educational Administration & Policy University at Albany, SUNY hamp@albany.edu	School Choice School Funding Teacher Careers Teacher Salaries
	Susanna Loeb Principal Investigator- New York Professor of Education Stanford University Director, Institute for Research on Education Policy & Practice sloeb@stanford.edu	Educational Organizations Pathways to Teaching School Finance School Resource Allocation Teacher Labor Markets Teacher Quality
	Daniel O'Brien Principal Investigator- Texas Director, Texas Schools Project University of Texas at Dallas obri@utdallas.edu	Achievement Affirmative Action College Preparation Early Childhood Education Teacher Quality
	Michael Podgursky Principal Investigator- Missouri Middlebush Professor of Economics University of Missouri-Columbia podgurskym@missouri.edu	Teacher Labor Markets Teacher Quality
	Steven Rivkin Senior Researcher Professor of Economics Chair of Economics Department Amherst College Associate Director of Research, Texas Schools Project University of Texas at Dallas sgrivkin@amherst.edu	School Choice School Desegregation Special Education Student Mobility Teacher Labor Markets Teacher Quality
	Richard Romano Senior Researcher Gerald L. Gunter Professor of Economics University of Florida richard.romano@cba.ufl.edu	Alternative School Finance Systems School Choice School Vouchers
	Jeffrey Roth Senior Researcher Research Associate Professor of Pediatrics University of Florida Director, MCHERDC jeffroth@ufl.edu	Early Childhood Education Educational Disabilities
	Kim Rueben Senior Researcher Senior Research Associate The Urban Institute krueben@ui.urban.org	School Finance School Quality School Resource Allocation Teacher Labor Markets
	Tim Sass Senior Researcher Professor of Economics Florida State University tsass@fsu.edu	Classroom Peer Effects School Competition Special Education Teacher Quality Value-Added Modeling
	Jacob Vigdor Senior Researcher Associate Professor of Public Policy Studies & Economics Duke University jacob.vigdor@duke.edu	Accountability Achievement Adolescent Delinquency Racial/Ethnic Inequalities School Finance Teacher Labor Markets
	James Wyckoff Senior Researcher Professor at Curry School of Education University of Virginia wyckoff@virginia.edu	Pathways to Teaching Teacher Labor Markets School Choice School Resource Allocation Special Education Funding
	AFFILIATED RESEARCHERS	AREAS OF EXPERTISE
	Celeste Carruthers Affiliated Researcher Assistant Professor of Economics University of Tennessee-Knoxville carruthers@utk.edu	Charter Schools & School Choice Teacher Labor Markets Teacher Quality
	Li Feng Affiliated Researcher Assistant Professor of Economics Texas State University-San Marcos LF20@txstate.edu	Teacher Labor Markets Teacher Quality
	Michael Hansen Affiliated Researcher Research Associate Education Policy Center The Urban Institute MHansen@urban.org	Labor Contracts Teacher Incentives Teacher Quality
	Paul Jargowsky Affiliated Researcher Professor of Public Policy University of Texas at Dallas jargo@utdallas.edu	Achievement Minority Access to Higher Education Neighborhood Effects Peer Effects Residential Segregation School Effects
	Jennifer King Rice Affiliated Researcher/Institute Fellow Professor of Education Policy Studies University of Maryland, College Park jkr@umd.edu	Alternative Teacher Compensation High-Stakes Accountability School Reconstitution Policy Teacher Certification
	Kristin Klopfenstein Affiliated Researcher Senior Researcher Texas Schools Project University of Texas at Dallas k.klopfenstein@utdallas.edu	Accelerated Learning Achievement High School Reform Higher Education
	Luke Miller Affiliated Researcher Research Associate Education Policy Center The Urban Institute lmiller@urban.org	Rural Education State & National Teacher Policy Teacher Labor Markets
	Austin Nichols Affiliated Researcher Research Associate The Urban Institute anichols@urban.org	Achievement Teacher Labor Markets Teacher Quality
	Umut Özek Affiliated Researcher Research Associate Education Policy Center The Urban Institute UOzek@urban.org	Education & Health Policy School Choice School Desegregation
	Douglas Wissoker Affiliated Researcher Senior Research Associate The Urban Institute dwissoke@urban.org	Advanced Econometric Strategies
	Zeyu Xu Affiliated Researcher Research Associate Education Policy Center The Urban Institute zxu@urban.org	Teacher Labor Markets Teacher Quality Value-Added Modeling
	RESEARCH COLLABORATORS	AREAS OF EXPERTISE
	Robert Bifulco Research Collaborator Associate Professor of Public Administration Syracuse University rbifulco@maxwell.syr.edu	Accountability Charter Schools & School Choice School Segregation Whole School Reform
	Robert Costrell Research Collaborator Professor of Education Reform & Economics Endowed Chair in Education Accountability University of Arkansas costrell@uark.edu	School Choice School Funding Standards-Based Reform Teacher Pension Policy
	Pamela Grossman Research Collaborator Professor of Education Stanford University pamg@stanford.edu	Pathways to Teaching Professional Development Teacher Education Policy Teacher Quality
	Douglas Harris Research Collaborator Associate Professor of Educational Policy Studies University of Wisconsin at Madison dnharris3@wisc.edu	Accountability & Standards Class-Size Reduction Desegregation School Choice School Finance Teacher Quality Value-Added Modeling
	Jonah Rockoff Research Collaborator Associate Professor of Economics & Finance Columbia University School of Business jonah.rockoff@columbia.edu	Accountability School Choice School Finance Teacher Labor Markets Teacher Quality

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