Staff

Sarah Blake

Fellowship Manager, Strategic Data Project
Sarah is a Fellowship Manager for the Strategic Data Project (SDP), focusing on bringing high-quality programming and support to our Postsecondary Fellowship and Institute offerings. Before joining the SDP team as a senior program coordinator in 2023...
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Samantha Booth

Director, Mathematics Teaching and Teacher Learning Program
Samantha Booth is responsible for managing the HEAR-MI Coaching project and overseeing the MQI Coaching program. Her work focuses on supporting teachers and instructional coaches to improve the quality of math instruction and develop more equitable...
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Mary Burkhauser

Senior Researcher, READS Lab
Mary Burkhauser studies how teachers experience and participate with literacy reform efforts. She is particularly interested in the relationship between teachers' implementation experiences with literacy reform efforts and the scalability of these reforms...
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Joanne Carminucci

Research Analyst II, States Leading States
Joanne Carminucci is a Research Analyst II for the States Leading States initiative at CEPR. Before joining CEPR, she was a Research Associate for the American Institutes for Research, where she supported projects in K-12 literacy, early childhood...
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Kriti Chopra

Network Manager, Proving Ground
Kriti is a Network Manager for Proving Ground (PG). She completed the Masters’ in Education from Harvard Graduate School of Education with a focus on learning design and education policy. She has over 8 years of experience as a teacher, learning designer...
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Samantha Cullum

Research Manager, States Leading States
Samantha Cullum is a Research Manager at the Center for Education Policy Research on the States Leading States project. Prior to joining CEPR, Sam worked as a Research Assistant at the Education Policy Innovation Collaborative (EPIC) at Michigan State...
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Kristen Cummings

Senior Manager, Research Initiatives for College and Career Success
Kristen Cummings is the Senior Manager of Research Initiatives for College and Career Success at CEPR. Previously, Kristen worked as an education researcher at Abt Associates, where she worked on federally funded studies focused on workforce development...
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Jesse Dalton

Data Management Specialist
Jesse Dalton is a data management specialist at CEPR. Previously, he worked as a research analyst at the Harvard Medical School’s Department of Health Care Policy, where he managed data and ran analyses across multiple projects. His work included creating...
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Daniel Dewey

Senior Research Analyst
Daniel Dewey is a Senior Research Analyst for the Road to Recovery project and Education Recovery Scorecard at CEPR. He previously worked for Welch Consulting conducting analyses for employment discrimination audits and cases. He holds an M.A. in Applied...
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Gavrielle "Gavi" Enriquez

Outreach Assistant, Strategic Data Project (SDP)
Gavi is an Outreach Assistant for the Strategic Data Project (SDP), supporting fellowship and partnership outreach and recruitment efforts. Gavi began her career as an AmeriCorps member at a nonprofit out-of-school time organization in Portland, Maine...
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Claire Gogolen

Senior Project Manager, Mathematics Teaching and Teacher Learning program
As the senior manager for the Mathematics Teaching and Teacher Learning Program at Harvard University's Center for Education Policy Research, Claire oversees the development, delivery, and expansion of new mathematics coaching frameworks. In her time at...
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Christina Grant

Executive Director
Dr. Christina Grant is the Executive Director of the Center for Education Policy Research (CEPR) at Harvard University. A scholar, practitioner, writer, and public speaker, Dr. Grant has spent more than two decades at the intersection of education...
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Miriam Greenberg

Senior Director, Strategic Data Project
Miriam is the Senior Director of the Strategic Data Project overseeing the Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University's efforts to build and sustain data-driven leadership and research capacity in education systems and organizations. She...
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Sheila Griffin

Executive Assistant
Sheila Griffin is the executive assistant at CEPR. Before this position, she supported CEPR as the recruitment coordinator for the Strategic Data Project Fellowship. Prior to joining Harvard, Sheila worked in the corporate arena as an administrative...
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Alison (Segal) Guerriero

Associate Director, Strategic Data Project Outreach and Partnerships
As the associate director, Strategic Data Project outreach and partnerships, Alison Guerriero leads SDP partner relationships and fellowship recruitment and selection, and informs CEPR internal organizational planning. Prior to CEPR, Alison worked at...
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Taylor Harrison

Project Coordinator, READS Lab
Taylor Harrison is the Project Coordinator at READS Lab. Prior to READS lab she served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Rwanda. She co-taught English classes, designed and led teacher trainings, and wrote curriculum for the Rwandan Education board. Following...
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Amber Humm Patnode

Acting Director, Proving Ground
Amber Humm Patnode is the Interim Director for Proving Ground at the Center for Education Policy Research. Prior to joining the Center for Education Policy Research, Amber was the Associate Director for Innovation and Outreach of an education research...
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Katie Jacobsen

Project Manager, Mathematics Teaching and Teacher Learning
Katie Jacobsen is a Project Manager on the Mathematics Teaching and Teacher Learning team, where she supports the M-Powering Teachers (MPT) Coaching program. MPT is a machine learning–based feedback tool that uses natural language processing to analyze...
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Jasmine Jha

Research Analyst II
Jasmine Jha is a Research Analyst II for the States Leading States project at CEPR. Before joining CEPR, Jasmine worked as a Monitoring & Evaluation Consultant at the Heights and Minds Foundation, where she analyzed proof-of-concept data and conducted...
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