Staff

Director
  • Thomas Bailey
    George and Abby O'Neill Professor of Economics and Education & Director, Institute on Education and the Economy
    Teachers College, Columbia University
Associate Directors
  • Lisa Rothman
    Associate Director for Finance, Administration, and Communications
    Teachers College, Columbia University
Assistant Directors
  • Katherine L. Hughes
    Assistant Director for Work and Education Reform Research
    Teachers College, Columbia University
Senior Research Associates
  • Elisabeth A. Barnett
    Senior Research Associate
    Teachers College, Columbia University
  • Kevin Dougherty
    Associate Professor of Higher Education
    Teachers College, Columbia University
  • Nikki Edgecombe
    Senior Research Associate
    Teachers College, Columbia University
  • Shanna Smith Jaggars
    Senior Research Associate
    Teachers College, Columbia University
  • Davis Jenkins
    Senior Research Associate
    Teachers College, Columbia University
  • Melinda Mechur Karp
    Senior Research Associate
    Teachers College, Columbia University
  • Dolores Perin
    Associate Professor of Psychology and Education
    Teachers College, Columbia University
  • Judith Scott-Clayton
    Assistant Professor of Economics and Education
    Teachers College, Columbia University
  • Matthew Zeidenberg
    Senior Research Associate
    Teachers College, Columbia University
Research Associates
  • Monica Reid Kerrigan
    Research Associate and Doctoral Student in Higher and Postsecondary Education
    Teachers College, Columbia University
  • Michelle Van Noy
    Research Associate, and Doctoral Student in Sociology and Education
    Teachers College, Columbia University
Senior Research Assistants
  • Sung-Woo Cho
    Senior Research Assistant, and Doctoral Student in Economics and Education
    Teachers College, Columbia University
  • Linsey Edwards
    Senior Research Assistant
    Teachers College, Columbia University
  • Rachel Hare
    Postsecondary Content-Area Reading-Writing Intervention Project Coordinator, and Doctoral Student in Politics and Education
    Teachers College, Columbia University
  • Aki Nakanishi
    Senior Research Assistant
    Teachers College, Columbia University
  • Rebecca Natow
    Senior Research Assistant, and Doctoral student in Higher and Postsecondary Education
    Teachers College, Columbia University
  • Olga Rodriguez
    Senior Research Assistant, and Doctoral Student in Economics and Education
    Teachers College, Columbia University
  • Blanca E. Vega
    Senior Research Assistant, and Doctoral Student in Higher and Postsecondary Education
    Teachers College, Columbia University
  • John Wachen
    Senior Research Assistant
    Teachers College, Columbia University
  • Madeline Weiss
    Database Programmer
    Teachers College, Columbia University
Research Assistants & Fellows
  • David Blazar
    Research Assistant
    Teachers College, Columbia University
  • Katie Conn
    Research Assistant
    Teachers College, Columbia University
  • Mina Dadgar
    Research Assistant, and Doctoral Student in Economics and Education
    Teachers College, Columbia University
  • Michelle Hodara
    Research Assistant, and Doctoral Student in Economics and Education
    Teachers College, Columbia University
  • Rachel Rosen
    Research Assistant, and Doctoral Student in Leadership, Policy and Politics
    Teachers College, Columbia University
  • Amanda Rosenburg
    Research Assistant, and Doctoral Student in Instructional Technology
    Teachers College, Columbia University
  • Cecilia Speroni
    Research Assistant, and Doctoral Student in Economics and Education
    Teachers College, Columbia University
  • Di Xu
    Research Assistant, and Doctoral Student in Economics and Education
    Teachers College, Columbia University
Project Assistants
  • Rik Andrews
    Assistant to the Director
    Teachers College, Columbia University
  • Elizabeth Yoon
    Editorial Assistant
    Teachers College, Columbia University
Administrative Coordinator
Communications Staff
  • Lauren Koch
    Manager of Website Production and Creative Technology
    Teachers College, Columbia University
  • Doug Slater
    Managing Editor
    Teachers College, Columbia University
Research Affiliates
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Box 174 * 525 West 120th Street, New York, NY 10027 * TEL: 212.678.3091 * FAX: 212.678.3699 * ccrc@columbia.edu