CCRC Staff

Leadership Team

Thomas Brock

Director

Expertise: Program evaluation, guided pathways, developmental education

John Fink

Senior Research Associate and Program Lead

Expertise: Dual enrollment, transfer, guided pathways

Corinne Herlihy

Senior Operations Strategist

Davis Jenkins

Senior Research Scholar

Expertise: Guided pathways, institutional effectiveness, dual enrollment

Hana Lahr

Assistant Director of Research and Director of Applied Learning

Expertise: Guided pathways, advising, student onboarding

Veronica Minaya

Senior Research Associate and Program Lead

Expertise: Developmental education, financial aid, returns to education

Doug Slater

Communications Director

Sandra Spady

Director of Finance and Administration

Senior Researchers and Fellows

Thomas Bailey

Director Emeritus and Senior Fellow

Expertise: Guided pathways, student persistence, returns to education

Susan Bickerstaff

Senior Research Associate

Expertise: Developmental education, teaching and learning

Maria S. Cormier

Senior Research Associate

Expertise: Workforce development and training

Hoori Santikian Kalamkarian

Senior Research Associate

Expertise: Advising

Serena C. Klempin

Senior Research Associate

Expertise: Guided pathways and student supports

Elizabeth M. Kopko

Senior Research Associate

Expertise: Student experiences and engagement, developmental placement, high school to college transition

Judith Scott-Clayton

Senior Research Scholar

Expertise: Financial aid, developmental placement, returns to education

Tatiana Velasco

Senior Research Associate

Expertise: Dual enrollment, transfer, returns to education

Research Staff

Megan Anderson

  • Project Assistant

Mycaeri Atkinson

  • PEAR Fellow

Madeleine Balliette

  • Research Assistant

Mariel Bedoya-Guevara

  • Senior Research Assistant

Amy E. Brown

  • Research Associate

Selena Cardona

  • PEAR Fellow

Selena Cho

  • Senior Research Assistant

Carmen Cortez Morales

  • Research Assistant

Hollie Daniels Sarica

  • Research Associate

Thea Dowrich

  • Senior Research Assistant and PEAR Fellow

Aurely Garcia Tulloch

  • Senior Research Assistant

Sarah Griffin

  • Research Associate

Melissa Herman

  • Senior Research Assistant and PEAR Fellow

Erin Huffer

  • PEAR Fellow

Ayesha Khatun

  • Research Assistant

Carl Lewandowski

  • Research Assistant

CJ Libassi

  • Senior Research Assistant and PEAR Fellow

Andrea Lopez Salazar

  • Research Associate

Jared Mahoney

  • Research Assistant

Daniel March

  • PEAR Fellow

Pascale Mevs

  • Senior Research Assistant and PEAR Fellow

Tia Monahan

  • PEAR Fellow

Bianca Onwukwe

  • Senior Research Assistant and PEAR Fellow

Sarita Ore-Quispe

  • Senior Research Assistant

Katelyn Perruc

  • Project Assistant

Astrid Pineda

  • PEAR Fellow

Julia Raufman

  • Research Associate

Mindy Rosengarten

  • PEAR Fellow

Victor Sanchez

  • Senior Research Assistant and PEAR Fellow

Jessica Steiger

  • Senior Research Assistant and PEAR Fellow

Joshua Thomas

  • Research Assistant

Amanda Wahlstedt

  • Research Assisstant

Ellen Wasserman

  • Research Associate

Professional Staff

Elizabeth Ganga

  • Senior Communications Manager

Linda Hickman

  • Senior Grants and Contracts Manager

Juliette Isaacs

  • Graphic Designer and Website Manager

Shayleah Jenkins

  • Communications Associate

Mathilda Lombos

  • Grants and Contracts Manager

Danielle Rocha

  • Administrative Assistant

Anjanay Spence

  • Grants and Contracts Assistant

Research Affiliates

Rachel Baker

  • Associate Professor

Elisabeth A. Barnett

  • Senior Research Scholar Emeritus

Clive Belfield

  • Professor of Economics

Sade Bonilla

  • Assistant Professor

Brooks Bowden

  • Assistant Professor

Kevin Dougherty

  • Professor of Higher Education and Education Policy

James Jacobs

  • President Emeritus

Shanna Smith Jaggars

  • Assistant Vice Provost for Student Success Research Lab

Richard Kazis

  • Independent Consultant

Na Lor

  • Assistant Professor of Sociology and Education

Jordan Matsudaira

  • Professor, School of Public Affairs, American University

Florence Xiaotao Ran

  • Assistant Professor of Higher Education Policy

Lauren Schudde

  • Associate Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy

Adela Soliz

  • Assistant Professor of Higher Education and Public Policy

Daniel Sparks

  • Postdoctoral Fellow

Cameron Sublett

  • Senior Director of Innovation and Incubation

Renzhe Yu

  • Assistant Professor of Learning Analytics/Educational Data Mining