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David Kirp

Goldman School of Public Policy

public policy, law, social policy, higher education policy, politics and policy, primary and secondary education policy, race and ethnicity, early childhood policy

Michelle D. Young photo

School of Education

policy analysis, critical theory, educational leadership, educational equity

School of Education

Dept of African American Studies

educational policy, charter schools, politics of education, race and education, school choice, desegregation, philanthropy and education, advocacy

School of Education

policy analysis and evaluation, reform issues, charter schools, child care, early childhood development, economy and education

Jesse Rothstein

Dept of Economics

Goldman School of Public Policy

labor economics, inequality, education policy, unemployment, tax policy, local public finance, teacher quality, segregation, economics of education, labor market, public impact research/scholarship, research practice partnership, partnership research, higher education

Jennifer A. Delaney

School of Education

higher education finance, higher education policy

School of Education

social research methods, higher education policy, economics of higher education

Na’ama Shenhav

Goldman School of Public Policy

labor and employment, economic policy, education

Jose Eos Trinidad

School of Education

education policy, institutional change, organizational theory, civil society, sociology of education, sociology, network analysis, work, history of professions, professional development, technology policy

Dept of Economics

industrial organization, public policy, education

Goldman School of Public Policy

labor and employment, race, poverty, inequality, economics of education, health disparities, social welfare policy

Kristine Madsen

Kristine Madsen

School of Public Health

health disparities, children, schools, policy, nutrition, physical activity, obesity, accelerometers, physical education

Kris D. Gutiérrez

Kris D. Gutiérrez

School of Education

designed learning environments, Cultural dimensions of learning, language and literacy learning for dual language learners, biliteracy, new media literacies, social organization of learning, ethnographic methodology and qualitative approaches to inquiry, design experiment/social design experiments, education of Latino, immigrant, migrant youth, urban education, teacher learning, educational and language policy

Sean Darling-Hammond

School of Public Health

K-12, education policy, exclusionary discipline, school policing, restorative practices, social and emotional learning, student mental health, health equity, implicit bias, intergroup contact

Janet Napolitano

Janet Napolitano

Goldman School of Public Policy

education, leadership and management, politics

Jonathan Glater

Jonathan Glater

education law, social justice, racial justice

Hannah R Thompson

School of Public Health

epidemiology, physical activity, nutrition and health, childhood and youth, health disparities, school/community partnerships, participatory research, public education, physical education

School of Education

educational equity, urban schooling, educational leadership, high stakes accountability, school improvement, educational policy, educational management and administration

Lab principal investigator wearing a hard hat carrying a cooler of samples in a forest

Benjamin Wong Blonder

Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management

science education, community ecology, plant ecophysiology, global change biology, biogeography, macroecology

Susan Stone smiling in office setting

Susan Irene Stone

School of Social Welfare

school-based psycho-social services, school-effects, archival data analysis, community development, organizational development, policy development

Karen Trapenberg Frick

Karen Trapenberg Frick

Dept of City & Regional Planning

political polarization, politics of infrastructure, transportation policy and planning

Goldman School of Public Policy

climate change regulation, public policy, economic organization, environmental markets, school finance, utility regulation, criminal justice

Professor David C. Wilson on stage

David C. Wilson

Goldman School of Public Policy

political psychology, politics, race and public policy, race, racial justice, public opinion research, survey research methods

Kristina Lovato in outside environment

Kristina Lovato

School of Social Welfare

immigration policy, child welfare, Latinx populations, culturally responsive service delivery

Raymond Jenaloz

Raymond Jeanloz

Dept of Astronomy

Dept of Earth and Planetary Science

planetary geophysics, high-pressure physics, national and international security, science-based policy