current research Projects
Impact of school choice on long-term student outcomes
This project is funded by the U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences (Award # R305A190340) and is a collaboration with Mark Berends, Joe Waddington, and Ron Zimmer.
social capital formation during Post-secondary and career Transitions
Data collection for this project has been funded by University of Kentucky and University of Washington Bothell and involves longitudinal interviews and surveys with students as they transition into and out of college.
Policy Networks, Culture Wars, and education reform
This is a set of ongoing projects. Most recently, with support from the Spencer Foundation, I am working with Huriya Jabbar and Danfeng Koon to build a community of researchers and practitioners to better understand and respond to current conflicts over education.