We're here to help you!
Ask us anything

Graduate Placements

Students who have trained with the program’s core faculty members have taken positions including:

  • Government/Public Sector Organizations
    • Senior K-12 Policy Analyst at the National Governors Association
    • Executive Director of Research, Assessment and Accountability, Maryland Department of Education
    • Director of Research and Analytics, Aspire Public Schools
  • Research—Advocacy Organizations
    • Policy Researcher, Rand Corporation
    • Education Trust – Midwest
    • Associate Director of the Education Research Alliance of New Orleans
    • Research Associate, Basis Policy Research
    • Labor Economist, Michigan Education Association (MEA)
    • Senior Program Officer, National Academy of Sciences
  • International Positions
    • Vice-coordinator of international relations at the Council of Higher Education of Turkey
    • Assistant Professor of Educational Administration and Policy at University of Macau, China
    • Korean Educational Development Institute
    • International Peace Cooperation, Program Advisor, Government of Japan
    • Education Manager, UNICEF
  • Academic Institutions
    • Post-doctoral Researcher, Educational Administration, Northern Illinois University
    • Post-doctoral Researcher Associate, Annenberg Institute at Brown University
    • Post-doctoral Research Scholar, Arizona State University
    • Post-doctoral Scholar, University of California, Irvine
    • Assistant Professor, Educational Administration, Northern Illinois University
    • Visiting Professor, Grinnell College, Iowa
    • Visiting Professor, Colby College, Maine
    • Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
    • Assistant Professor, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
    • Assistant Professor, Seton Hall, New Jersey
    • Assistant Professor, Boston University
    • Assistant Professor, University of Washington
    • Assistant Professor, North Carolina State
    • Assistant Professor, University Nevada, Los Vegas and Director, Center for Research, Evaluation, and Assessment
    • Assistant Professor, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs

Awards and Achievements of Our Graduates

  • Spencer/NAED Dissertation Fellowship
  • Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Awards
  • Jackson Scholars
  • David L. Clark Award
  • AERA dissertation grant
  • Joint Japan/World Bank Graduate Scholarship
  • Emerging Scholar Award, AEFP
  • Outstanding Dissertation Award, Division L, AERA
  • Outstanding Dissertation Award, Politics and Education SIG, School Finance SIG, District Research and Reform SIG, AERA