Experts | Center for Applied Research in Postsecondary Education

Meet CARPE’s Senior Leaders

Tori Cirks

Principal TA Consultant

Expertise

Transition to Postsecondary Education, Postsecondary Education, Postsecondary Transformation, Evaluation, Technical Assistance

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Elisabeth (Lyzz) Davis

Senior Researcher

Expertise

Transition to Postsecondary Education, College Access, College Persistence, College Readiness, Equity

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Amy Feygin

Senior Researcher

Expertise

Advising, College Completion, College Persistence, Community Colleges

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Candace Hester

Senior Researcher

Expertise

Transition to Postsecondary Education, Career Readiness, Labor Market Outcomes, Incarcerated Students, Quantitative Analysis

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Katherine Hughes

Principal Researcher

Expertise

Transition to Postsecondary Education, Postsecondary Education, Career Technical Education (CTE), College-level High School Coursework, Developmental Education

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Christina LiCalsi

Principal Researcher

Expertise

College Access, College Persistence, First-generation Students, Adult Students, Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT)

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Lynn Mellor

Principal Researcher

Expertise

College Readiness, High School Students, Policy Development, State-level Data Sources

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Trey Miller

Principal Researcher

Expertise

Career Technical Education (CTE), College Completion, College-level High School Coursework, Developmental Education, Postsecondary Transformation

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Kelle Parsons

Senior Researcher

Expertise

Postsecondary Education, College Completion, Competency-based Education (CBE), Equity, New Traditional Students, State Systems

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Alexandria Walton Radford

Managing Researcher

Expertise

College Access, College Completion, Labor Market Outcomes, Survey Research, Interviews

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Jenny Scala

Principal Researcher and Practice Area Director

Expertise

Transition to Postsecondary Education, College Readiness, College-level High School Coursework, Data and Research Use, Technical Assistance

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Courtney Tanenbaum

Principal Researcher

Expertise

Bridge & Transition Programs, Equity, Postsecondary Transformation, Students of Color, Qualitative Analysis

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Meet CARPE’s Other Subject Matter Experts

Brenda Arellano

Senior Researcher

Expertise

Postsecondary Education, Career Readiness, Postsecondary Faculty/Staff, State Systems, Administrative Records

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Megan Austin

Principal Researcher

Expertise

College Access, College Persistence, College Readiness, Multilevel Modeling

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Amber Bloomfield

Senior Data Scientist

Expertise

Postsecondary Education, Multilevel Modeling, Predictive Analytics, Matched Comparison Group Quasi-experimental Design

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Mary Bridget Burns

Researcher

Expertise

Postsecondary Education, Qualitative Analysis, Survey Research, Case Study/Comparative Case Studies, Interviews

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Christopher Cody

Principal Researcher

Expertise

Postsecondary Education, Data and Research Use, Survey Research, Administrative Records, National-level Data Sources

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Larry Condelli

Institute Fellow

Expertise

Transition to Postsecondary Education, Career Technical Education (CTE), Labor Market Outcomes, Adult Students, Technical Assistance

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Ellen Cushing

Principal TA Consultant

Expertise

Career Readiness, Career Technical Education (CTE), Equity, Technical Assistance, Policy Development

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Montrischa Essoka

Senior Researcher

Expertise

Transition to Postsecondary Education, Data and Research Use, Equity, Qualitative Analysis, Technical Assistance

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Martin Hooper

Senior Researcher

Expertise

Transition to Postsecondary Education, College Readiness, Quantitative Analysis, Survey Research, National-level Data Sources

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Ben Kalina

Principal Researcher

Expertise

College Access, Data and Research Use, Qualitative Analysis, Social Network Analysis, Formative Evaluation

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Tamara Linkow

Senior Director

Expertise

Transition to Postsecondary Education, Postsecondary Education, College Persistence, Financial Aid, STEM

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Emily Loney

Senior Researcher

Expertise

Postsecondary Education, College Completion, Technical Assistance, Policy Development

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Jessica Mason

Senior Researcher

Expertise

Postsecondary Education, Career Readiness, College Readiness, Competency-based Education (CBE), Financial Aid

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Helen Muhisani

Senior Researcher

Expertise

Transition to Postsecondary Education, Postsecondary Education, College Access, Postsecondary Transformation, Qualitative Analysis

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Robert A. Nathenson

Senior Researcher

Expertise

College Persistence, Labor Market Outcomes, Low-income Students, Minority-serving Institutions, Quantitative Analysis

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Burhan Ogut

Principal Researcher

Expertise

Career Readiness, College Readiness, Quantitative Analysis, Evaluation, Multilevel Modeling

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David Osher

Vice President & Institute Fellow

Expertise

Transition to Postsecondary Education, Students of Color, First-generation Students, New Traditional Students, Incarcerated Students

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Christopher Paek

Senior Researcher

Expertise

, Qualitative Analysis, Evaluation, Implementation Study, Interviews, Primary Qualitative Data Collection

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Beth Ratway

Senior TA Consultant

Expertise

Transition to Postsecondary Education, Technical Assistance, Landscape Scans, Focus Groups, Implementation Study

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Jeremy Redford

Senior Researcher

Expertise

Data and Research Use, Equity, Low-income Students, Survey Research, National-level Data Sources

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Roman Ruiz

Researcher

Expertise

College Access, Data and Research Use, Financial Aid, Quantitative Analysis, Analysis of Existing Datasets/Data Systems

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Elizabeth Zachry Rutschow

Managing Researcher

Expertise

Postsecondary Education

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Jaleh Soroui

Principal Researcher

Expertise

Data and Research Use, Labor Market Outcomes, Qualitative Analysis, Survey Research, National-level Data Sources

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Roddy Theobald

Principal Researcher

Expertise

Career Technical Education (CTE), Students with Disabilities, Value-Added Modeling, State-level Data Sources, Student Achievement Data

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Lacy Wood

Principal TA Consultant

Expertise

Transition to Postsecondary Education, Career Readiness, Career Technical Education (CTE), College Readiness, Technical Assistance, Policy Development

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Zeyu Xu

Managing Researcher

Expertise

Transition to Postsecondary Education, College Readiness, Quantitative Analysis, Value-Added Modeling, Administrative Records

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Darrick S. Yee

Senior Researcher

Expertise

College Readiness, Quantitative Analysis, Multilevel Modeling, Student Achievement Data

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Krissy Zeiser

Principal Researcher

Expertise

Transition to Postsecondary Education, College Readiness, Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT), Survey Research, Matched Comparison Group Quasi-experimental Design

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Jizhi Zhang

Principal Researcher

Expertise

Transition to Postsecondary Education, College Readiness, Equity, Guided Pathways, STEM

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Vanessa Coca

Senior Researcher

Expertise

Postsecondary Education, College Access, College Readiness, Experimental Design

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Heather Erwin

TA Consultant

Expertise

College Access, Equity, Incarcerated Students

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