Cassandra M.D. Hart

Cassandra Hart is an associate professor of education policy. She evaluates the effects of school, state and national education programs, policies, and practices on overall student achievement, and on the equity of student outcomes. Hart’s work has focused on online education in both K-12 schools and community colleges, school choice programs, school accountability policies, and effects on students of exposure to demographically similar teachers. She is currently working on a study funded by the Spencer Foundation looking at responses to COVID-19 in California community colleges and a study funded by the Institute of Education Sciences looking at the relationship between professional development for online instruction and online student outcomes.

Education

2011: Ph.D., Human Development and Social Policy, School of Education and Social Policy, Northwestern University

2006: Master of Public Policy, with honors
Irving B. Harris School of Public Policy Studies, University of Chicago

2002: Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Honors thesis completed
School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University

Academic Positions

2023–present: Professor, School of Education, University of California, Davis

2017–2023: Associate Professor, School of Education, University of California, Davis

2017–2019: Co-Director, Capitol Area North Doctorate in Education Leadership program, School of Education, University of California, Davis

2013–2016: Co-Director, Master of Education program, School of Education, University of California, Davis

2011–17: Assistant Professor, School of Education, University of California, Davis

Editorial Positions, Board Memberships, and Affiliations

Education Finance and Policy. Co-Editor (2023-present)

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis. Member, Editorial Board (2019-present)

Education Finance and Policy. Associate Editor (2019-2023)

Association of Education Finance and Policy. Board Member (2019-2022). Chair of Awards Committee (2020-2021).

University of California, Davis Center for Poverty and Inequality Research. Executive Committee Member (2017-present). Faculty Affiliate (2011-present).

California Education Lab. Faculty Affiliate (2019-present)

Wheelhouse: The Center for Community College Leadership and Research. Research Affiliate (2019-present)

Fellowships, Grants, Awards, and Honors

Outstanding Reviewer Award (2024). Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis.

Arnold Ventures. Online Student Support Hubs and Online Student Success. (2022-2024). Lead Principal Investigator (With Co-Principal Investigator Di Xu and Rachel Baker). $267,767

Institute for Education Sciences. Online Instructor Professional Development and Student Outcomes in Community Colleges. (2021-2025). Lead Principal Investigator (With Co-Principal Investigator Di Xu, Rachel Baker, and Kim d’Arcy and Co-Investigators Michal Kurlaender and Michael Hill). $1,698,340

Outstanding Reviewer Award (2020). Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis.

Spencer Foundation. (2020-2021). COVID-19 in California Community Colleges: College Responses, College Resources, and Student Outcomes. $47,728

Charles Koch Foundation. (2020-2021). Housing Market Wealth, School Choice, and Student Outcomes (with Principal Investigator David Figlio and Co-Principal Investigator Krzysztof Karbownik. UC Davis subcontract: $74,176

Smith Richardson Foundation. (2019-2020). Competitive Effects of Charter Schools. Co-Principal Investigator (with Principal Investigator David Figlio and Co-Principal Investigator Krzysztof Karbownik. $210,000

Thomas A. Downes Award (2019). Awarded by the Association for Education Finance and Policy for best article published in Educational Finance and Policy in the prior year.

Outstanding Reviewer Award (2018). Educational Researcher.

Dean’s Research Excellence Award (2018-2019). Information Use and Enrollment Decisions for Online Students in Community Colleges. $8,758

Emerging Education Policy Scholar (2016). American Enterprise Institute and Thomas B. Fordham Institute

National Academy of Education /Spencer Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship. (2016-2017). An Honors Teacher Like Me: Teacher-Student Demographic Match Effects on Advanced Course Enrollment and Performance. Principal Investigator. $70,000

Institute for Education Sciences. Virtual Courses: The Introduction and Expansion of Virtual Schooling in Florida and its Effects on Student Outcomes. (2015-2017). Co-Principal Investigator (With Principal Investigator Brian Jacob and Co-Principal Investigator Susanna Loeb). $1,600,000

Hellman Family Foundation Fellowship. (2015-2016). Which Teachers Fare Best under Class Size Increases? Principal Investigator. $33,000

American Education Research Association. Passing the Baton: Does a parent’s “Head Start” affect their children’s outcomes? (2014-2016). Principal Investigator, $35,000

University of California, Davis Small Grant in Aid of Research.  (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015). Principal Investigator, $2,000

Spencer Foundation. Teacher Quality in Online Schools (2013-2015). Principal Investigator, $50,000

Jean Flanigan Outstanding Dissertation Award, Honorable Mention (2012). Association for Education Finance and Policy

Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management Ph.D. Dissertation Award, Honorable Mention (2011)

Spencer Foundation Dissertation Fellowship (2010-11)

Institute for Educational Sciences Predoctoral Fellowship, Multidisciplinary Program in Education Sciences (2007-10)

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, Honorable Mention (2006)

Publications

Hart, C.M.D., Hill, M., Alonso, E.A., & Xu, D. (Forthcoming). “I Don’t Think the System Will Ever Be the Same”: Distance Education Leaders’ Predictions and Recommendations for the Use of Online Learning in Community Colleges Post-COVID. Journal of Higher Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/00221546.2024.2347810
Sample Media Mentions: LAist

Hart, C.M.D., & Lindsay, C.A. (Forthcoming). Teacher-Student Race Match and Identification for Discretionary Educational Placements. American Education Research Journal. https://doi.org/10.3102/00028312241229413
Sample Media Mentions: Forbes, EdWeek

Figlio, D.N., Hart, C.M.D., & Karbownik, K. (2023). Effects of Maturing Private School Choice Programs on Public School Students. American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 15(4): 255-294. https://doi.org/10.1257/pol.20210710
Sample Media Mentions: EdWeek, The 74 Million

Hart, C.M.D., Linden, R., Jacob, B.A., & Loeb, S. (2023). Online Course-Taking and Expansion of Curricular Options in High Schools. Peabody Journal of Education, 98(1): 26-48. https://doi.org/10.1080/0161956X.2023.2160108 

Gershenson, S., Hart, C.M.D., Hyman, J., Lindsay, C., & Papageorge, N.W. (2022). The Long-Run Impacts of Same-Race Teachers. American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 14(4): 300-342. http://doi.org/10.1257/pol.20190573
Sample Media Mentions: Washington Post, New York Times, National Public Radio, The 74 Million, EdWeek
Cited in the 2023 Economic Report of the President

Figlio, D., Hart, C.M.D., & Karbownik, K. (2022). The Ripple Effect. Education Next, 22(1).

Hart, C.M.D., Xu, D., Hill, M., & Alonso, E. (2021). COVID-19 and Community College Instructional Responses. Online Learning, 25(1): 41-69.

Hart, C.M.D. (2020). An Honors Teacher Like Me: Teacher-Student Demographic Match Effects on Advanced Course Enrollment and Performance. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 42(2): 163-187. https://doi.org/10.3102/0162373719898470

Hart, C.M.D., Berger, D., Jacob, B., Loeb, S., & Hill, M. (2019). Online Learning, Offline Outcomes: Online Course-Taking and High School Student Performance. AERA Open, 5(1): 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1177/2332858419832852

Hart, C.M.D., Friedmann, E.A.Z., & Hill, M. (2018). Online Course-taking and Student Outcomes in California Community Colleges. Education Finance and Policy, 13(1): 42-71. https://doi.org/10.1162/edfp_a_00218
Sample Media Mentions: The Hechinger Report, EdWeek, Inside Higher Ed

Lindsay, C.A.  & Hart, C.M.D.  (2017). Teacher-Student Race Match and Student Disciplinary Outcomes in North Carolina. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 39(3): 485-510. https://doi.org/10.3102/0162373717693109
Sample Media Mentions: EdWeek, The 74 Million

Lindsay, C.A., & Hart, C.M.D. (2017). Teacher race and school discipline. Education Next, 17(1).

Jacob, B., Berger, D., Hart, C., & Loeb, S. (2016). Can Technology Help Promote Equality of Educational Opportunities? RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences. 2(5): 242-271.

Hart, C.M.D., & Figlio, D.N. (2015). School accountability and school choice: Effects on student selection across schools. National Tax Journal. 68(3S): 875-900.

Hart, C.M.D., & Sojourner, A.J. (2015). Unionization and Productivity: Evidence from Charter Schools. Industrial Relations, 54(3): 422-448.

Hart, C.M.D. (2014). Contexts matter: Selection in means-tested school voucher programs. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 36(2): 186-206.

Figlio, D. & Hart, C.M.D. (2014). Competitive effects of means-tested school vouchers. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 6(1): 133-156.

Shager, H., Schindler, H., Magnuson, K.A., Duncan, G.J., Yoshikawa, H., & Hart, C.M.D. (2013) Can research design explain variation in Head Start research results? A meta-analysis of cognitive and achievement outcomes. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 35(1): 76-95.

2010 Figlio, D., Hart, C.M.D., & Metzger, M. (2010). Who uses a means-tested scholarship and what do they choose? Economics of Education Review 29(2): 301-317.

2008: Mendenhall, R., Kalil, A., Spindel, L.J. & Hart, C.M.D. (2008). Job loss at mid-life: Managers and executives face the “new risk economy.‟ Social Forces 87(1): 185-209.
 

Working Papers

Hart, C.M.D., Hill, M., Alonso, E.A., & Xu, D. (Under Review). “I Don’t Think the System Will Ever Be the Same”: Distance Education Leaders’ Predictions and Recommendations for the Use of Online Learning in Community Colleges Post-COVID.
Working paper version: https://edworkingpapers.com/ai22-687

Presentations

Hart, C.M.D., Baker, R., Hill, M., Alonso, E. & Xu, D. (2024). Online Student Performance under Synchronous and Asynchronous Instruction in California Community Colleges. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL, April 14, 2024.

Hart, C.M.D., Baker, R., Hill, M., Alonso, E. & Xu, D. (2024). Online Student Performance under Synchronous and Asynchronous Instruction in California Community Colleges. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL, April 14, 2024.

Hart, C.M.D., Xu, D., Alonso, E., & Hill, M. (2024). COVID-19 in California Community Colleges: College Resources, College Responses, and Student Outcomes. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Education Finance and Policy, Baltimore, MD, March 15, 2024.

Hart, C.M.D., & Lindsay, C.A. (2023). Teacher-Student Race Match and Identification for Discretionary Educational Placements. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL, April 13, 2023.

Hart, C.M.D., Baker, R., Hill, M., & Xu, D. (2022). Synchronous vs. Asynchronous Instruction at Community Colleges: Enrollment Trends and Student Performance. Paper presented at the Seminar Series of the Graduate Group in Education, University of California, Davis, January 20, 2023.

Hart, C.M.D., Baker, R., Hill, M., & Xu, D. (2022). Synchronous vs. Asynchronous Instruction at Community Colleges: Enrollment Trends and Student Performance. Invited presentation at Annenberg Speaker Series, Brown University, December 8, 2022.

Hart, C.M.D., Baker, R., Hill, M., & Xu, D. (2022). Synchronous vs. Asynchronous Instruction at Community Colleges: Enrollment Trends and Student Performance. Paper presented at RP Group/Wheelhouse Research Convening, Davis, CA, December 6, 2022.

Figlio, D.N., Hart, C.M.D., & Karbownik, K. (2022). Competitive Effects of Charter Schools.  Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA, April 2022.

Hart, C.M.D., Alonso, E.A., Xu, D., & Hill, M. (2022). Community College Responses and Online Instruction in the Wake of COVID-19.  Invited panelist: Presidential Session on COVID-19 and Higher Education at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA, April 2022.

Baker, R., Hart, C., Hill, M, & Xu, D. (2022). Online Course-Taking and Downstream Outcomes in Community Colleges. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Education Finance and Policy, Denver, CO, March 2022.

Hart, C.M.D. (2021). Community College Responses and Online Instruction in the Wake of COVID-19.  (Summary of work with Di Xu, Michael Hill, and Emily Alonso). Paper presented at the Wheelhouse Research Retreat, Los Angeles, CA, December 6, 2021.

Hart, C.M.D., Alonso, E.A., Xu, D., & Hill, M. (2021). “One Broken Screen Away from Dropping Out”: Lessons on Equity in Community College Online Education from COVID. Paper presented at the Sociology of Education Mini-Conference on COVID-19, Virtual Meeting, October 16, 2021.

Hart, C.M.D. (2021). Community Colleges and Instructional Responses to COVID-19. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Education Finance and Policy, Virtual Meeting, March 17, 2021.

Hart, C.M.D. (2021). Community Colleges and Instructional Responses to COVID-19. Invited presentation at the Seminar Series of the Department of Animal Sciences, University of California, Davis, February 8, 2021.

Hart, C.M.D. (2020). Community Colleges and Instructional Responses to COVID-19. Invited presentation at the Seminar Series of the Education Research Initiative, University of California, Irvine, November 19, 2020.

Hart, C.M.D. (2020). Invited panelist on National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine on The Impacts on STEM Student Experiences of Higher Education’s response to COVID-19: Resilience and Innovation in Online Learning and STEM Progression. Zoom Panel, September 22, 2020.

Hart, C.M.D., Linden, R., Jacob, B.A., & Loeb, S.  (2020, Accepted). Online Courses and Expansion of Curriculum among High School Students. Paper accepted at the Annual Meeting of the American Education Research Association, San Francisco, CA, April, 2020. Not presented due to COVID-19-induced cancellation of the conference.

Figlio, D.N., Hart, C.M.D., & Karbownik, K. (2020). Competitive Effects of Charter Schools. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Education Finance and Policy, Fort Worth, TX, March 19, 2020 (converted to virtual presentation).

Figlio, D.N., Hart, C.M.D., & Karbownik, K. (2020). Expansion of Private School Choice Programs and Effects on Public School Students. Invited presentation at the Annual CALDER Conference, Washington, DC, February 12, 2020.

Hart, C.M.D. (2019). Online Courses and High School Student Experiences. Invited presentation for the Multidisciplinary Program in Education Sciences seminar series, Northwestern University, May 29, 2019.

Hart, C.M.D. (2019). An Honors Teacher Like Me: Effects of Access to Same-Race Advanced-Track Teachers. Paper presented at the Seminar Series of the Center for Poverty Research, University of California, Davis, April 19, 2019.

Hart, C.M.D., & Lindsay, C.A. (2019). Teacher-student Race Match and Discretionary Educational Placements. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Education Finance and Policy, Kansas City, MO, March 2019.

Hart, C.M.D. (2018). An Honors Teacher Like Me: Effects of Access to Same-Race Advanced-Track Teachers. Invited presentation at the Seminar Series of the Wheelock College of Education and Human Development, Boston University, October 17, 2018.

Hart, C.M.D. (2018). Invited panelist on Featured Policy Talk Panel: Private School Choice. Panel at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Education Finance and Policy, Portland, OR, March 2018.

Hart, C.M.D. (2018). An Honors Teacher Like Me: Effects of Access to Same-Race Advanced-Track Teachers. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Education Finance and Policy, Portland, OR, March 2018.

Hart, C.M.D. (2018). An Honors Teacher Like Me: Effects of Access to Same-Race Advanced-Track Teachers. Paper presented at the UC Davis School of Education Graduate Group Seminar, January 29, 2018.

Hart, C.M.D., Berger, D., Jacob, B.A., & Loeb, S. (2017). K-12 Online Remedial Course-Taking and Student Performance. Paper presented at the Fall Meeting of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, Chicago, IL, November 2017.

Hart, C.M.D. & Michael Hill (2017). Online Course-Taking and Student Outcomes at California Community Colleges. Presentation at CanInnovate conference, American River College, August 14, 2017.

Hart, C.M.D., Jacob, B., Kalogrides, D., & Loeb, S. (2016). K-12 Online Course-Taking and Student Performance. Paper presented at the Fall Meeting of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, Washington, DC, November 2016.

Hart, C.M.D., Jacob, B., Loeb, S., Berger, D., & Kalogrides, D. (2016). Online Course-Taking and Student Achievement. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Education Finance and Policy, Denver, CO, March 2016.

Jacob, B., Berger, D., Hart, C.M.D., & Loeb, S. (2015). Student Use of and Achievement in Online Courses. Paper presented at the Fall Meeting of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, Miami, FL, November 2015.

Lindsay, C.A. & Hart, C.M.D. (2015). Teacher-student Match and Student Disciplinary Outcomes in North Carolina. Invited presentation at the Aoki Center for Critical Race and Nation Studies Speaker Series, UC-Davis School of Law. October 2015.

Hart, C.M.D., Friedmann, E. & Hill, M. (2015). Online Course-taking and Student Outcomes in California Community Colleges. Paper presented at the Spring Meeting of the Education Group of the National Bureau of Economic Research, April 2015.

Hart, C.M.D. (2015). Passing the Baton: Does a Parent’s “Head Start” Affect their Children’s Outcomes? Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL, April 2015.

Hart, C.M.D., Friedmann, E. & Hill, M. (2015). Online Course-taking and Student Outcomes in California Community Colleges. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL, April 2015.

Hart, C.M.D. (2015). Passing the Baton: Does a Parent’s “Head Start” Affect their Children’s Outcomes? Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Education Finance and Policy, Washington, DC, February 2015.

Hart, C.M.D. (2014). Passing the Baton: Does a Parent’s “Head Start” Affect their Children’s Outcomes? Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, Albuquerque, NM, November 2014.

Hart, C.M.D. & Figlio, D.N. (2014). School Accountability and School Choice. Invited presentation at the conference on Subnational Government Competition at University of Tennessee, Knoxville, April 2014.

Hart, C.M.D., Friedmann, E. & Hill, M. (2014). Online Course-taking and Student Outcomes in California Community Colleges. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association of Education Finance and Policy, Austin, TX, March 2014.

Hart, C.M.D. (2013). Means-tested School Voucher Programs: Competitive Responses. Invited presentation at the Foundation for Excellence in Education, Boston, MA, November, 2013.

Hart, C.M.D. & Figlio, D.N. (2013). Does Accountability Alter School Composition? Invited presentation at Stanford University, May 2013.

Hart, C.M.D. & Figlio, D.N. (2013). Accountability and School Choice. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association of Education Finance and Policy, New Orleans, LA, March 2013.

Hart, C.M.D. (2013). Means-tested School Voucher Programs: Contextual Effects on Participation and Private School Supply Responses. Invited presentation at the University of Arkansas (February 2013).  

Hart, C.M.D. (2012) Contexts Matter: Voucher Use and Students’ Current Schools, Private School Markets, and Public School Markets. Paper presented at Roundtable session of the Annual Meeting of the American Education Research Association, April 2012.

Hart, C.M.D. (2012). Means-tested School Vouchers and the Supply of Private Schools.  Paper presented at the Policy Research Panel spring meeting of Policy Analysis of California, Irvine, CA, March 2012.

Hart, C.M.D. (2012). Means-tested School Vouchers and the Supply of Private Schools.  Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Education Finance and Policy, Boston, MA, March 2012.

Hart, C.M.D. (2011). Public School Responses to Private School Competition. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association of Public Policy Analysis and Management, Washington, DC, November 2011.

Hart, C.M.D. & Figlio, D.N. (2011). Selection into Means-tested School Voucher Programs. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association of Education Finance and Policy, Boston, MA, March 2011.
    
Hart, C.M.D. & Figlio, D.N. (2010). Selection into Means-tested School Voucher Programs. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association of Public Policy Analysis and Management, Boston, MA, November 2010.

Figlio, D.N., & Hart, C.M.D. (2010).  Competitive Effects of Means-tested School Vouchers.  With David N. Figlio.  Poster presented at the Annual Institute for Education Sciences Conference, Washington, DC, June 2010.

Figlio, D.N., & Hart, C.M.D. (2010).  Competitive Effects of Means-tested School Vouchers.  Poster presented at the Annual Institute for Education Sciences Conference, Washington, DC, June 2010.

Figlio, D.N., & Hart, C.M.D. (2010).  Competitive Effects of Means-tested School Vouchers.  Paper presented at the Spring Meeting of the National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, MA (April 2010).

Figlio, D.N., & Hart, C.M.D. (2010).  Competitive Effects of Means-tested School Vouchers. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Education Finance Association, Richmond, VA (March 2010).

Figlio, D.N., Hart, C.M.D., & Metzger, M. (2009). Selection Patterns for Participation in Florida’s Corporate Tax Credit Scholarship Program. With David N. Figlio and Molly Metzger.  Poster presented at the Annual Institute for Education Sciences Conference, Washington, DC, June 2009.

Hart, C.M.D. (2009). Parenting and Child Cognitive and Socioemotional Development: A Longitudinal Twin Differences Study.  Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, Detroit, MI, May 2009.

Hart, C.M.D. (2009). Parenting and Child Cognitive and Socioemotional Development: A Longitudinal Twin Differences Study.  Poster presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society of Research in Child Development, Denver, CO (April 2009).

Figlio, D.N., Hart, C.M.D., & Metzger, M. (2009). Who Uses a Means-tested Scholarship, and What Do They Choose?  New Evidence from Florida. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Education Finance Association, Nashville, TN, April 2009.

Hart, C.M.D., Adam, E.K., & Snell, E.K. (2008). Parental Work and Children’s Sleep Patterns. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, New Orleans, LA, April 2008.

Classes Taught

EDU-120. Social and Philosophical Foundations in Education, UC Davis (2012-2016, 2019, 2021, 2023)

EDU-200. Introduction to Education Research. UC Davis (2013)

EDU-223. Graduate Seminar on Education and Social Policy. UC Davis (2011, 2015, 2017, 2020, 2024)

EDU-280B. Quantitative Research for Education Leaders. UC Davis (2012, 2014-2022, 2023, 2024)

EDU-286A. Data-Driven Decision-Making for Change. UC Davis (2019)

EDU-292. Special Topics: Advanced Quantitative Methods in Program Evaluation and Policy Analysis (2021, 2023)

Writing Seminars for PhD, EdD programs.

Professional Service (National)

Association of Education Finance and Policy: Program Planning Committee, 2019-2021; Journal Committee, 2019-2021; Development Committee; 2021-2022; Justice, Equity, and Diversity Initiative Committee, 2021-2022; Awards Committee: 2019-2021; Conference Proposal Reviewer, 2017

National Academy of Education: Ad-hoc reviewer for NAEd/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship Fellowship program (2 applications), 2024. Ad-hoc reviewer for NAEd/Spencer Dissertation Fellowship program (5 applications), 2023. Senior discussant for Fellows Forum panel at NAEd/Spencer Fall Retreat, 2023. Ad-hoc reviewer for semi-finalist round of NAEd/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship program (1 application), 2022.

American Educational Research Association: Conference Proposal Reviewer, 2021, 2023

Institute of Education Sciences: Reviewer for Using Longitudinal Data to Support State Education Policymaking Panel, 2023. Reviewer for Education Systems and Broad Reform Panel, 2021.

Spencer Foundation: Ad-hoc Reviewer for Lyle Spencer Award, 2020. Reviewer for Small Grants Program, 2019

Association for Policy Analysis and Management: Program Committee (Proposal Reviews), 2017, 2019

Society for Research in Educational Effectiveness: Conference Proposal Reviewer, 2017, 2018

Tenure Case External Reviews (Various Institutions, Candidate Names Not Included): 2022-23 (1), 2023-24 (2, scheduled)

Ad-Hoc Reviewer (since 2011): AERA Open, American Educational Research Journal, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics; American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, American Journal of Education, The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, Economics of Education Review, Education Economics, Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, Education Finance & Policy, Educational Researcher, Journal of Economic Literature, Journal of Higher Education, Journal of Human Resources, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Urban Economics, Online Learning, Research in Higher Education, Review of Educational Research, Review of Economics and Statistics, Social Science Research, Socius, Southern Economic Journal, Teacher Education Quarterly, Social Sciences and Human Research Council grants program, National Science Foundation grants program, Harvard Education Press

Professional Affiliations

• Association of Education Finance and Policy

• American Education Research Association