Our Team
- Theresa Westover, PhD, Director, brings to the Center over 30 years of experience in conducting program evaluations, teaching graduate level research and evaluation methods, and working in research and evaluation capacities for state and local government agencies.
- Michele Hamilton, EdD brings over 15 years of experience in K-12 education as a teacher, administrator and after school literacy director. Her research interests include school climate, restorative justice and positive approaches to school discipline.
- Francisco Herrera, Ph.D, brings both qualitative and quantitative data analysis expertise to the CEES team, and research experience in the areas of language and cognitive development in typical and atypical children, including bilingual and multilingual children; and language and literacy assessment of English-only and English Language Learners.
- Amy Smith, Ph.D, brings a research interest in Special Education and extensive experience in multivariate statistical analysis.