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Policy, Organization, and Leadership Studies

Victor Eliot Hua Hong Chan

Class: 2025

Areas of interest: Education Policy Implementation

Claudia Chang

Class: 2025

Areas of interest: Leadership, School Change, Positive Education, Assessment, Student Feedback Practices, Lifelong Learning Competencies, Change Management, Data Management, Collaborative Partnerships, Culture Building, Socio-emotional Learning

Alisa Chen

Class: 2025

Areas of interest: K-12 Experiential Education, Social Emotional Wellbeing, Career and College Readiness, Garden Education, Social Infrastructure, Systems Change, Community-Based Partnerships, Equity in Education

Amanda David

Class: 2025

Areas of interest: Lifelong learning, civic education, skills-based workforce, higher education policy & funding, women in sports

Kate Edson

Class: 2025

Areas of interest: Postsecondary Access and Success, Higher Education Policy, Career Pathways for Students, Financial Aid Policy, Dual Enrollment

Sarahi Espinoza Salamanca

Class: 2025

Areas of interest: Educational Equity, Postsecondary Access and Success, Higher Education Policy, Professional Development, Dreamers, Dream Act, DACA, Public Service, Department of Education, First-generation College Student, Diversity and Inclusion, Qualitative Research Methods (Ethnography, YPAR), Philanthropy, Civic Education, Leadership, School Change, Lifelong Learner

Ev Gilbert

Class: 2025

Areas of interest: K-12 Education; Education Policy, Educational Equity, Youth Empowerment, Student Leadership, Community Engagement, Mentorship, Systems Change, Diversity and Inclusion, Qualitative Research Methods

Jade Goree

Class: 2025

Areas of interest: Community Psychology, Positive Psychology, Racial and Ethnic Socialization, Black Secondary Access, Social Emotional Wellbeing, School Culture, Systems Change

Bruno Toshikazu Ikeuti

Class: 2025

Areas of interest: Education Policy and Implementation, Retention, Churn and Dropouts, Race, Cross-cutting Equity Issues, K-12, General Education, College Access, Procurement, Infrastructure, Community Engagement, Leadership and Organizational Change, Poverty and Violence, Curriculum Design, Entrepreneurship

Briana Jocelyn

Class: 2025

Areas of interest: K-12 Education, Policy Implementation, Workforce Retention, Professional Development, Teacher and Leader Coaching, Research-Practice Partnerships

Dash McFarland

Class: 2025

Areas of interest: Environmental Education Outreach and Policymaking

Peter Mills

Class: 2025

Areas of interest: Social Emotional Learning, Mindfulness and Meditation, Performing Arts Education, Contemplative Education, Facilitation, Program Direction, Curriculum Design

Ally O'Connor

Class: 2025

Areas of interest: College Admissions, College Access, Higher Education Leadership, Student and Alumni Affairs, Communications, Marketing

Emma Parish

Class: 2025

Areas of interest: Education Policy, Postsecondary Access and Affordability, Higher Education Administration and Admissions, Civic Engagement, Student Affairs and Leadership

Julia Perlmutter

Class: 2025

Areas of interest: K-12 Policy and Implementation, Deeper Learning, Experiential/Project-Based Learning, Civic Education, Teacher Retention, Research-Practice Partnerships

Willie Thompson

Class: 2025

Areas of interest: People and Culture, Org design, Alternative Schooling, Intercultural Education

Sarah Turobiner

Class: 2025

Areas of interest: Education Policy, Education Technology (EdTech), Advocacy and Policy Analysis for Learning Disabilities, AI Literacy and Innovation in Education, Postsecondary Access, Education Entrepreneurship

Illana Zauderer

Class: 2025

Areas of interest: Purpose, Connection, Neuroscience in Education, Student Emotional Health, Mindfulness, Wellbeing, Teacher Compensation and Mentorship, Transformational Leadership in Higher Education, Play and Artful Thinking in Schools, Education Policy

Michelle J. Zhang

Class: 2025

Areas of interest: Liberatory Science Education, Racial and Environmental Justice, Student Empowerment, Community Care and Activism, Teacher Recruitment, Retention, and Burnout

Yesenia Aguilar

Class: 2024

Areas of interest: education policy, juvenile justice, youth voice, postsecondary access for rural communities, research-practice, community-based partnerships, institutional and organizational change, diversity & equity

Tracie M. Benally

Class: 2024

Areas of interest: Federal Indian education policy, education policy, K-12 education, Indian Affairs, literacy, curriculum design, community-based partnerships, land-based learning, and culturally relevant pedagogy.

Kate Bierly

Class: 2024

Areas of interest: Special education, Post secondary education, adults with learning differences, education leadership, UDL, collegiate athletics, school reform, research methods, literacy and language, technology in education

Jared Bynum

Class: 2024

Areas of interest: Basketball, music, community service, mentorship, gaming

Joaquin-Emiliano Chavez

Class: 2024

Areas of interest: higher education access and completion, support systems, student-centered service approaches, mentorship, community engagement, systems/organizational thinking and change, college student development, educational administration, interdisciplinary thinking, cultural-historical analysis, fostering belonging for students, understanding sociological dynamics between identity and power in education, uplifting marginalized communities

Katie Daugherty

Class: 2024

Areas of interest: K-12 education policy and implementation, teacher pay, teacher retention, curriculum design, literacy development, leadership in public schools.

Julianna Docking

Class: 2024

Areas of interest: early literacy, K-12 policy and implementation, early childhood education, science of reading, organizational change

Ryan Duncan

Class: 2024

Areas of interest: early childhood education, Indigenous language reclamation, federal Indian education policy, community-based interventions, curriculum development, educational linguistics, and systems change

Nesreen Ezzeddine

Class: 2024

Areas of interest: Civic education, higher education access, community colleges, community engagement, democracy building.

Christian Fincher

Class: 2024

Areas of interest: Post-secondary Pathways; Dual Enrollment; College Success; Coaching; Writing

Antonio Hernandez

Class: 2024

Areas of interest: Education Policy, Healthcare Policy, Community Partnerships, Medical Education, Youth Civic Engagement, School Board Governance, Educational Equity, Transformative Leadership, Organizational and Systemic Change, Joy in Education

Rachel Loe

Class: 2024

Areas of interest: K-12 policy and implementation; educational equity and justice; history and social studies curriculum development; teacher development and support; leadership and organizational change; first-generation college student readiness

Tim Morris

Class: 2024

Areas of interest: Science education, public schools, all outdoor activities, cooking, gardening

Kyle Muña

Class: 2024

Areas of interest: Nonprofit leadership; diversity, equity, and inclusion; higher education leadership; college access and success; educational entrepreneurship; community-engaged learning

Emily Olick Llano

Class: 2024

Areas of interest: postsecondary access for undocumented and underrepresented students, education policy and implementation, fostering critical consciousness, impact entrepreneurship, strategies for equitable representation in higher education, organizational leadership

Theo Poling

Class: 2024

Areas of interest: Conflict Resolution, Restorative Justice, Higher Education, Social Justice, Leadership Development, Mediation, Diversity & Inclusion

Isabelle Saillard

Class: 2024

Areas of interest: Equitable K-12 education policy and implementation, causal research methods, education data science and analysis, cross-agency collaboration, post-secondary access, social-emotional learning

Hellen Souza

Class: 2024

Areas of interest: Equity and Racial Inclusion; Education Policy; Poverty and Violence; K-12; Community-Based Partnerships; School Leadership.

Jeevaraj Suppiah

Class: 2024

Areas of interest: leadership, public policy, community partnership, citizen engagement, education equity

Brandon Tineo

Class: 2024

Areas of interest: college access for underserved communities, leadership within professional spaces, empathetic and culturally aware coaching, educational empowerment

Fernanda Alves

Class: 2023

Areas of interest: international education policy; connecting private, public, and third-sector organizations to increase opportunities for underprivileged youth in Brazil

Kate Berkley

Class: 2023

Areas of interest: postsecondary access and persistence, adult and non-traditional learners, workforce development, upskilling and reskilling, career exploration programs for high school students, cross-sector partnerships, organizational leadership, research-practice partnerships, philanthropy

Gabriel Cheong

Class: 2023

Areas of interest: education policy development, education leadership, professional learning of teachers, community involvement in education, and education non-profits

Kayla Constandse

Class: 2023

Areas of interest: higher education; student affairs; education policy; diversity, equity, and inclusion; access; admissions; collegiate athletics

Catherine Eng

Class: 2023

Areas of interest: higher education policy and administration, affirmative action, Asian Americans in education, tutoring, educational nonprofits, intersectionality, education equity

Olivia Pei Lim

Class: 2023

Areas of interest: future of learning, education policy and practice, organizational change and culture, education systems leadership, teacher professional and leadership development, leadership coaching, learning experience design, student agency

Ellen Liu

Class: 2023

Areas of interest: workforce development, career pathways, upskilling/reskilling, higher education and employer relationship, learning science, life-long learning, career and life coaching

Pamela Low

Class: 2023

Areas of interest: artful thinking, equity in education, informal learning environments, museum education, race and ethnicity, social and emotional learning

Albert Lowe

Class: 2023

Areas of interest: homelessness advocacy, community organizing, student mental health, wrap around services, community partnerships, school partnerships, community engagement, education equity, critical race theory

Andrew Luck

Class: 2023

Areas of interest: Youth sports, intercollegiate athletics, coaching, intersection of athletics and academics, equity in education, leadership in educational systems, organizational change, systems change

Drew McCann

Class: 2023

Areas of interest: early literacy education, science of reading, special education, education technology, personalization, early childhood education

Gabriela Mottesi

Class: 2023

Areas of interest: special education, multi-language learners, K-12 and higher education policy, teacher recruitment and retention, systems change

Xander Paras

Class: 2023

Areas of interest: equity in education, leadership in educational systems, organizational change, systems change, school finance, K-12 and higher education policy

Anthony Sanford II

Class: 2023

Areas of interest: nonprofit leadership; equity in education; diversity, equity, and inclusion; higher education; education consulting; organizing; community-based partnerships; liberation

Stephanie Seidmon

Class: 2023

Areas of interest: climate, environmental, and science literacy in K12; teacher learning, development, and retention; local, state, and national policy levers; AI and educating for the future; environmental justice pedagogy; antiracist teaching practices and fostering critical consciousness; curriculum design and construction; leadership in education

Shadman Uddin

Class: 2023

Areas of interest: higher education, workforce development, learning analytics, organizational change management, innovations in learning

Joanna Weingast

Class: 2023

Areas of interest: K-12 education policy and implementation, equity in education, evidence-based and student-centered policymaking, assessment strategy, systems change, educational data analysis

Jodi Anderson, Jr.

Class: 2022

Areas of interest: edtech, workforce development, juvenile justice, criminal justice reform, online education, upskilling/reskilling, digital literacy, jobtech, non-traditional students, user experience design

Yesenia Ayala

Class: 2022

Areas of interest: K–12 and higher education policy, education equity, research-practice, formative assessment, student agency, professional development, community-based partnerships

Natalie Bess

Class: 2022

Areas of interest: policy supporting integrated schools, education systems leadership, college access and success for first-generation students, educational practices supporting holistic child development, equitable school funding and choice policy, education systems leadership

Gabriela Fiore Bonicio

Class: 2022

Areas of interest: adult learning, secondary and higher education, teaching and school leadership, formative assessment, learner agency

Chee Wing Chan

Class: 2022

Areas of interest: early childhood, organizational culture, teacher retention and career development

Thu Cung

Class: 2022

Areas of interest: special education, (dis)ability studies, critical race theory, intersectionality, social theory, radical imagination, liberation

Elena Elliott

Class: 2022

Areas of interest: early childhood education, elementary education, child-centered learning, social and emotional learning, teacher education, curriculum design, community schools

Cata Fuenzalida

Class: 2022

Areas of interest: school improvement, school management, education program design and implementation, school strategy, systems change, school culture, community engagement, evidence-based decisions, leadership development, teacher learning

Molly Gibian

Class: 2022

Areas of interest: educational technology, assessment policy and evaluation, PK–12 education, learning sciences, user experience research product management and design, curriculum design, creative and collaborative learning, organizational leadership

Jennifer Hofmann

Class: 2022

Areas of interest: future of work, upskilling and reskilling, edtech, adult learners, community-based learning, private-public education partnerships

Rui Huang

Class: 2022

Areas of interest: education policy, leadership studies, alternatives to postsecondary education, informal learning design, edtech product design and management, web3 blockchain upskilling

Cordy McJunkins

Class: 2022

Areas of interest: higher education, postsecondary access, legal issues, school finance, school reform, poverty and inequality

Maria Camila Rivera Zabarain

Class: 2022

Areas of interest: equity in education, leadership in educational systems, policy and program implementation in schools, K–12 education, education in Latin America and the Caribbean, early literacy education, professional development

Savannah Strong

Class: 2022

Areas of interest: identity development, organizational change, school leadership, student agency, curriculum design, systems thinking, design thinking, critical race theory, power and privilege, active listening

Devon Winsor

Class: 2022

Areas of interest: education equity, curriculum construction, learning experience design, utilizing edtech to address inequities and create effective instruction, teacher education

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