Carl Lewandowski is a research assistant at CCRC and a first year master’s student in the Anthropology and Education program at Teachers College. At CCRC, he is working on a project related to self-directed learning strategies in online teaching and on a project to reduce disparities in developmental education reform. He holds a BA in Latin, English, and political science, with minors in mathematics and women’s studies and gender studies, from Loyola University Chicago, where he was awarded a Provost Fellowship to conduct independent research. Before joining CCRC, he was an educator at the National Museum of Mathematics. Previously, he taught middle school social studies and science in the Bronx.