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SERN Participants
This page provides a list of individuals and organizations involved in SERN’s public initiatives, which we hope can support continued awareness of and connection among this community. Please note that affiliations are recorded from the time of participation, and may have since changed.
- Hanna Campbell, Chief of Staff, Director of Operations and Strategy
- Marisa Goldstein, Senior Research Officer
- Kaleen Healey, Director of Strategic Outreach and Partnerships
- Jess Hennessey, Manager, Communications
- Imani Kane, Manager, Strategic Outreach and Partnerships
- Haley McNamara, Research Associate
- Shanette Porter, Director of Research and Senior Fellow
- Lisa Quay, Executive Director
- Scott Sears, Operations Associate
- Chloe Stroman, Senior Associate, Communications and Outreach
- Eric Bettinger
- Jo Boaler
- Benjamin Castleman
- Sapna Cheryan
- Andrei Cimpian
- Geoffrey Cohen
- Kalena E. Cortes
- Robert Crosnoe
- Thomas Dee, Inaugural Scientific Steering Committee member
- Mesmin Destin, Inaugural Scientific Steering Committee member
- Sidney D’Mello
- Angela Duckworth
- Carol Dweck, Inaugural Chair
- Jennifer Eberhardt
- Camille Farrington
- Ronald Ferguson
- Stephanie Fryberg
- Adriana Galván
- DeLeon L. Gray
- Eric Grodsky
- Paul Hanselman
- Christopher Hulleman
- Yasmiyn Irizarry
- Simone Ispa-Landa
- Matthew Kraft
- Michal Kurlaender
- Neil A. Lewis, Jr.
- Bridget Terry Long
- Jamaal Sharif Matthews
- Chandra Muller, Inaugural Scientific Steering Committee member
- Mary Murphy
- Jason Okonofua
- Lindsay C. Page
- David Paunesku
- Carissa Romero
- Barbara Schneider, Former Co-Chair; Inaugural Scientific Steering Committee member
- Nicole Stephens
- Elizabeth Tipton
- Gregory Walton
- Timothy Wilson
- Stephanie Wormington
- David Yeager, Former Co-Chair; Inaugural Scientific Steering Committee member
- Bezos Family Foundation
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
- Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
- Joyce Foundation
- MacKenzie Scott
- Overdeck Family Foundation
- Raikes Foundation
- A Participatory Approach to Developing a Healing Justice Framework and Assessment Tools for Schools and Youth Programs
- Project Lead: Ben Kirshner
- Co-Leads: Solicia López and Alexis Hunter
- Organizational Affiliation(s): University of Colorado
- Agenda-Setting for Systems Transformation: Applying Lessons Learned from the Handbook of Research on Teachers of Color and Indigenous Teachers in Policy and Practice
- Project Lead: Conra D. Gist
- Co-Leads: Travis J. Bristol, Justin Coles, and Cherise McBride
- Organizational Affiliation(s): University of Houston, National Center for Research on Educator Diversity; University of California, Berkeley; University of Massachusetts, Amherst
- Back to the Future: Recentering Positive Youth Development and Youth Thriving
- Project Lead: Karen Pittman
- Organizational Affiliation(s): Knowledge to Power Catalysts
- Building Capacity for Research and Policy on Servingness: A Student-Centered Research Agenda
- Project Lead: Rebecca Covarrubias
- Organizational Affiliation(s): University of California, Santa Cruz
- Centering Civil Rights Protections to Support Equitable Student Experiences: An Agenda-setting and Research Prioritization Proposal to Advance Equity-focused Student Experiences in the United States
- Project Lead: Maithreyi Gopalan
- Co-Lead: Erica Frankenberg
- Organizational Affiliation(s): The Pennsylvania State University
- Conceptualizing and Cultivating the Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) Research Colectiva
- Project Lead: Marcela G. Cuellar
- Co-Leads: Rebecca Covarrubias and Gina A. Garcia
- Organizational Affiliation(s): University of California, Davis; University of California, Santa Cruz; University of Pittsburgh
- Connecting Assessments and Best Practices for Improving Student Experiences
- Project Lead: Nancy Duchesneau
- Organizational Affiliation(s): The Education Trust
- Designed for Equity: A New Inclusive Model for Institutional Transformation Centering the Student Experience and Post-Secondary Outcomes
- Project Lead: Mary C. Murphy
- Co-Lead: Sara Woodruff
- Organizational Affiliation(s): Equity Accelerator, National Center for Civic Innovation
- Effects of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) on Academic Outcomes Using Quasi-Experimental Design
- Project Leads: Dominique Baker and Thomas Dee
- Organizational Affiliation(s): Southern Methodist University; Stanford University
- Examining Anti-Racist Restorative Justice as a Site of Black Education Transformation: A Possibilities Project Case Study
- Project Lead: Chezare Warren
- Co-Lead: Carla Wellborn
- Organizational Affiliation(s): Vanderbilt University
- Institutional Opportunities to Belong: A Playbook for Putting Middle Schoolers’ Policy Insights into Motion
- Project Lead: DeLeon Gray
- Co-Lead: Shiyan Jiang
- Organizational Affiliation(s): North Carolina State University
- Research to Practice and Policy Collaborations: Leveraging Evidence in Pursuit of Equity in Education
- Project Lead: Francesca López
- Co-Leads: Ross Wiener and Lorén Cox
- Organizational Affiliation(s): The Pennsylvania State University; Aspen Institute
- Resources for Educators Engaged in Continuous Improvement to Create Equitable Learning Experiences
- Project Lead: Sarah Gripshover
- Co-Lead: Dave Paunesku
- Organizational Affiliation(s): PERTS (Project for Education Research That Scales)
- School Disciplinary and Mental Health Practices and Suicide: Informing Equitable School-Based Upstream Strategies for Preventing Black Youth Suicide
- Project Lead: Constance A. Lindsay
- Organizational Affiliation(s): The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Supporting Educators to Hold High Instructional Expectations
- Project Lead: Bailey Cato Czupryk
- Co-Lead: Jason Okonofua
- Organizational Affiliation(s): TNTP; University of California, Berkeley
- Systems and Structures for Community School Implementation
- Project Lead: Heather Hough
- Organizational Affiliation(s): Policy Analysis for California Education (PACE)
- Translating Research on Inclusive Family Engagement into Actionable Tools and Resources to Impact Educator Practice
- Project Lead: Cassandra Herring
- Co-Lead: Patricia Alvarez McHatton
- Organizational Affiliation(s): Branch Alliance for Educator Diversity (BranchEd)
SERN Midcareer Fellows Program
- Advisors and Leadership
- Sapna Cheryan, Advisor
- Thomas Dee, Advisor
- Michal Kurlaender, Advisor
- Bethany Little, Advisor
- Mary Murphy, Advisor
- Karen Pittman, Advisor
- Shanette Porter, Fellowship Director
- Na’ilah Suad Nasir, Advisor
- Vivian Tseng, Advisor
- Fellows
- Nolan L. Cabrera
- Rebecca Covarrubias
- Marcela G. Cuellar
- Gina Ann Garcia
- Conra Gist
- Tehia Starker Glass
- Elan Hope
- Uma M. Jayakumar
- Christopher C. Jett
- clone
- Audrey Lucero
- Xiaoxia Newton
- Lara Perez-Felkner
- Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz
- Sophie Trawalter
- Chezare A. Warren
- Branch Alliance for Educator Diversity
- Center for Educational Leadership
- City Year
- EL Education
- Equal Opportunity Schools
- Leading Educators
- Teach for America
- TNTP
- Zearn
- Speakers
- Jill Baker, Long Beach Unified School District
- Denise Bartell, The University of Toledo
- Ashley Burns Nascimento, RALLY
- Jonathan E. Collins, Brown University
- Mesmin Destin, Northwestern University
- Brenda Fonseca, Chicago Public Schools
- Chong-Hao Fu, Leading Educators
- Patricia Harper Reynolds, Chicago Public Schools
- David Hinojosa, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
- Yasmiyn Irizarry, The University of Texas at Austin
- Taryn Ishida, Californians for Justice
- Royel M. Johnson, The Pennsylvania State University
- Tia C. Madkins, The University of Texas at Austin
- Judy Marquez Kiyama, University of Arizona
- Jamaal Sharif Matthews, University of Michigan
- David Paunesku, PERTS
- Krysti Ryan, College Transition Collaborative
- Sonja Santelises, Baltimore City Public Schools
- Christopher Smith, College Transition Collaborative
- Jennifer Warner, Stand for Children
- Moderators
- Jennifer L. Husbands, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
- Ambika Kapur, Carnegie Corporation of New York
- Tyler Sussman, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
- Shawn Whalen, College Futures Foundation
Spotlight Series: Using Research to Promote Equity & Inclusion
- Kramer Cohen, University of California, Davis
- Kia Franklin, Equal Opportunity Schools
- DeLeon Gray, North Carolina State University
- Elan Hope, North Carolina State University
- Heather Hough, Policy Analysis for California Education
- Michal Kurlaender, University of California, Davis
- Sasha Rabkin, Equal Opportunity Schools
- Iwunze Ugo, University of California, Davis
DAIRL Data Analysis Grant Program
- Amanda Cook
- Jillian Lauer
- Melissa Lyon
- Fortunato Medrano
- Claudia Sutter
What It Takes to Create the Conditions for Belonging
- Speakers
- Ron Berger, EL Education
- Christopher Chatmon, Kingmakers of Oakland
- DeLeon Gray, North Carolina State University
- Sasha Rabkin, Equal Opportunity Schools
- Moderator
- Rhonda Broussard, Beloved Community
- Discussants
- Charmaine Mercer, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
- Gisele Shorter, Raikes Foundation
- Brooke Stafford-Brizard, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
K-12 Teachers and Classrooms Research Portfolio
- Analytic and Computational Approaches to Uncover Teacher Practices that Foster Positive Identity and Equity in Engagement and Learning for Middle School Mathematics Students
- Sidney D’Mello, Principal Investigator
- Sean Kelly, Co-Investigator
- Stephanie Wormington, Co-Investigator
- Belonging-Centered Instruction: An Approach to Establishing Inclusive Mathematics Classrooms
- Jamaal Matthews, Principal Investigator
- DeLeon Gray, Co-Principal Investigator
- Thomas Dee, Co-Investigator
- Learning Environments and the Mindsets and Performance of Students Within Them
- Neil Lewis, Jr., Principal Investigator
- René Kizilcec, Co-Principal Investigator
- Measuring Empathic-Mindset Effects Based on Educators and Learning Environments
- Jason Okonofua, Principal Investigator
- Constance Lindsay, Co-Principal Investigator
- Gregory Walton, Co-Principal Investigator
- Placing Equity in Context: High School Mathematics Teachers’ Beliefs and Practices in Racialized Learning Environments
- Yasmiyn Irizarry, Principal Investigator
- Tia Madkins, Co-Principal Investigator
- The Longer-Term Effects of Cultural Relevance: Evidence from an Ethnic-studies Curriculum
- Thomas Dee, Principal Investigator
- Sade Bonilla, Co-Principal Investigator
- What Makes a Classroom a Community? Teacher Mindsets and Student Sense of Belonging in Middle School Mathematics Classes
- Eric Grodsky, Principal Investigator
- Patti Schaefer, Co-Principal Investigator
- Jessica Calarco, Co-Investigator
- Mesmin Destin, Co-Investigator
Inclusive Mathematics Environments Early Career Fellowship
- Advisors, Mentors, and Leadership
- Nathan N. Alexander, Mentor
- Andrei Cimpian, Mentor
- Camille Farrington, Mentor
- Maisie Gholson, Faculty Contributor, Advisor
- DeLeon Gray, Advisor
- Ilana Horn, Mentor
- Jennifer Langer-Osuna, Mentor
- Tanner LeBaron Wallace, Faculty Director
- Neil Lewis, Jr., Mentor
- Luis Leyva, Faculty Contributor, Advisor
- Deborah Loewenberg Ball, Mentor, Advisor
- Jamaal Matthews, Advisor
- Mary Murphy, Mentor
- Shanette Porter, Fellowship Director
- Daniel Lee Reinholz, Mentor
- Tesha Sengupta-Irving, Mentor
- Na’ilah Suad Nasir, Mentor, Advisor
- Dustin Thoman, Mentor
- Fellows
- Priyanka Agarwal
- Grace Chen
- Jessica Gladstone
- Anthony Johnson
- Katie Kroeper
- Dana Miller-Cotto
- Nickolaus A. Ortiz
- Stacy Priniski
- Matthew Voigt
- Charles Wilkes
- Nicole Williams
Is My Voice Heard? Does My Voice Matter?
- Speakers
- Nathan Alexander, Morehouse College
- Ana De Almeida Amaral, Stanford University
- Patricia Alvarez McHatton, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
- Sidney D’Mello, University of Colorado Boulder
- Thomas Dee, Stanford University
- Alejandra Frausto, Chicago Public Schools
- Adriana Galván, University of California, Los Angeles
- Rachel Godsil, Perception Institute
- DeLeon Gray, Michigan State University
- Tina Hike-Hubbard, Baltimore City Public Schools
- Elan Hope, North Carolina State University
- Enoch Jemmott, Queens College
- Elham Kazemi, University of Washington
- Ben Kirshner, University of Colorado Boulder
- Emma Kornfeld, Chicago Public Schools
- Francesca López, University of Arizona
- Izadora McGawley, University of California, Santa Cruz
- Dan Meyer, Desmos
- Michelle Morales, Mikva Challenge
- Micia Mosely, Black Teacher Project
- Christine Rodriguez, The New School
- Christina Ross, Baltimore City Public Schools
- Niral Shah, University of Washington
- Rashad Staton, Baltimore City Public Schools
- Carrie Straub, Mursion
- Na’ilah Suad Nasir, Spencer Foundation
- Allyson Tintiangco-Cubales, San Francisco State University and Pin@y Educational Partnerships
- Linda Tropp, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
- Heather Van Benthuysen, Chicago Public Schools
- Jessica Vargas, University of Chicago
- Moderators
- Kaleen Healey, Student Experience Research Network
- Jessica Marshall, Northwestern University
- Shanette Porter, Student Experience Research Network
- Lisa Quay, Student Experience Research Network
- Nicole Williams, University of Chicago Consortium on School Research
The Role of Belonging in Postsecondary Completion
- Speakers
- Bethany Little, EducationCounsel
- Mary Murphy, Indiana University
- Claude Steele, Stanford University
- Gregory Walton, Stanford University
- Moderator
- Lisa Quay, Student Experience Research Network
National Study of Learning Mindsets Early Career Fellowship
- Advisors and Leadership
- Robert Crosnoe, Faculty Consultant
- Mesmin Destin, Faculty Consultant
- Paul Hanselman, Faculty Consultant
- Chandra Muller, Faculty Director
- Shanette Porter, Fellowship Director
- Barbara Schneider, Faculty Consultant
- Elizabeth Tipton, Faculty Consultant
- David Yeager, Faculty Consultant
- Fellows
- Guillaume Basse
- Nigel Bosch
- Michael Broda
- Alexander Browman
- Jazmin Brown-Iannuzzi
- Nicholas Buttrick
- Maithreyi Gopalan
- Soobin Kim
- Alison Koenka
- Manyu Li
- Xu Qin
- Eunjin Seo
- Nicole Sorhagen
The Science and Practice of Belonging
- Speakers
- Brad Bernatek, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
- Hans Bos, American Institutes for Research
- Shannon Brady, Wake Forest University
- Cathy Buyarski, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
- Evelyn Carter, University of California, Los Angeles Office of Equity, Diversity & Inclusion
- Christopher Chatmon, Oakland Unified School District Office of Equity and Kingmakers of Oakland
- Thomas Dee, Stanford University
- Mesmin Destin, Northwestern University
- Stephanie Fryberg, University of Washington
- DeLeon Gray, North Carolina State University
- Johnetta Haugabrook, Pinellas County Schools
- Cassandra Herring, Branch Alliance for Educator Diversity
- Christopher Hulleman, Motivate Lab and University of Virginia
- Mayme Hostetter, Relay Graduate School of Education
- Angela Jerabek, BARR Center
- Bethany Little, EducationCounsel
- Mary Murphy, Indiana University
- Jason Okonofua, University of California, Berkeley
- David Paunesku, PERTS
- Lisa Quay, Student Experience Research Network
- Sasha Rabkin, Equal Opportunity Schools
- Christopher Smith, College Transition Collaborative
- Claude Steele, Stanford University
- Nicole Stephens, Northwestern University
- Shamia Truitt-Martin, Carrington Middle School
- Gregory Walton, Stanford University
- LaDonna Young, Southwest Tennessee Community College
- Moderators
- Donald Kamentz, Independent Consultant
- Lija McHugh Farnham, The Bridgespan Group
- Maša Užičanin, Sevenzo
Mindsets and the Learning Environment Research Portfolio
- A Big Biodata Approach to Mindsets, Learning Environments, and College Success
- Sidney D’Mello, Principal Investigator
- Angela Duckworth, Co-Principal Investigator
- A Neurobehavioral Investigation of the Relationship Between Adverse Experiences and Learning Mindsets in Children
- Andrei Cimpian, Principal Investigator
- Nim Tottenham, Co-Principal Investigator
- Developing Spartan Persistence: Connecting Students to Resources in a Public University
- Barbara Schneider, Principal Investigator
- Soobin Kim, Co-Principal Investigator
- John T. Yun, Co-Principal Investigator
- Developmental, Neural and Psychosocial Correlates of Mindset Among Low-Socioeconomic Adolescents from Two Cultural Groups
- Mary Helen Immordino-Yang, Principal Investigator
- Camille Farrington, Co-Principal Investigator
- How Do Teachers’ Behaviors and Classroom Environments Promote Identity Safety, Growth Mindset, and Performance for Underserved Students
- Stephanie Fryberg, Principal Investigator
- Mesmin Destin, Co-Principal Investigator
- Zoe Higheagle Strong, Co-Principal Investigator
- Language as Thought: Using Natural Language Processing to Investigate Mindsets, Learning Environments, and College Success
Sidney D’Mello, Principal Investigator - Angela Duckworth, Co-Principal Investigator
- Learning Mindset Development in Co-Requisite Courses Across Learning Contexts
- Christopher Hulleman, Principal Investigator
- Stephanie Wormington, Co-Principal Investigator
- Learning Mindsets, Teacher Practice, and School Organizations: Becoming Effective Learners Survey and 5Essentials
- Camille Farrington, Principal Investigator
- Shanette Porter, Co-Principal Investigator
- Social and Environmental Influences on Motivation for Learning: The Role of Childhood Adversity in Affecting Motivation Among Older Children and Adolescents
- Katie McLaughlin, Principal Investigator
- Robert Crosnoe, Co-Principal Investigator
- Teachers’ Mindsets About Mathematical Ability as a Feature of the Learning Environment
- Andrei Cimpian, Principal Investigator
- The Effects of the African American Male Achievement (AAMA) Program
- Thomas Dee, Principal Investigator
- Emily Penner, Co-Principal Investigator
- The Effect of School Climate on Students’ Social-Emotional Competencies
Matthew Kraft, Principal Investigator - Katie Buckley, Co-Principal Investigator
- Christopher Hulleman, Co-Principal Investigator
- The Nature and Reproducibility of Mindset Effects Across Diverse Contexts
- Mesmin Destin, Principal Investigator
- Stephanie Fryberg, Co-Principal Investigator
- Elizabeth Tipton, Co-Principal Investigator
- David Yeager, Co-Principal Investigator
- The Role of Psychologically Wise Teaching in Student Achievement
- Geoffrey Cohen, Principal Investigator
- Tanner LeBaron Wallace, Co-Principal Investigator
- Jennifer Charlot, Transcend Education
- Robert Crosnoe, University of Texas at Austin
- Rachel Godsil, Perception Institute and Rutgers School of Law
- Paul Hanselman, University of California, Irvine
- Christopher Hulleman, Motivate Lab and University of Virginia
- Natasha Krol, College Transition Collaborative
- Chandra Muller, University of Texas at Austin
- David Paunesku, PERTS
- Lisa Quay, Student Experience Research Network
- Sasha Rabkin, Equal Opportunity Schools
- Barbara Schneider, Michigan State University
- Zoë Stemm-Calderon, Raikes Foundation
- Rob Urstein, Stanford Graduate School of Business
- Maša Užičanin, Sevenzo
- David Yeager, University of Texas at Austin
- Rachel Beattie, Carnegie Foundation
- Geoffrey Cohen, Stanford University
- Thomas Dee, Stanford University
- Carol Dweck, Stanford University
- Camille Farrington, University of Chicago
- Ronald F. Ferguson, Harvard University, and Tripod Education
- Natasha Krol, College Transition Collaborative
- Tanner LeBaron Wallace, University of Pittsburgh
- Bethany Little, EducationCounsel
- Mary Murphy, Indiana University
- Jason Okonofua, University of California, Berkeley
- David Paunesku, PERTS
- Lisa Quay, Student Experience Research Network
- Jeff Raikes, Raikes Foundation
- Barbara Schneider, Michigan State University
- Zoë Stemm-Calderon, Raikes Foundation
- Gregory Walton, Stanford University
- David Yeager, University of Texas at Austin
National Study of Learning Mindsets
- Lead Investigator
- David Yeager
- Collaborators
- Jenny Buontempo
- Carlos Carvalho
- Robert Crosnoe
- Angela Duckworth
- Carol Dweck
- Ronald Ferguson
- Maithreyi Gopalan
- Richard Hahn
- Paul Hanselman
- Cintia P. Hinojosa
- Christopher Hulleman
- Chandra Muller
- Jared Murray
- David Paunesku
- Carissa Romero
- Barbara Schneider
- Elizabeth Tipton
- Gregory Walton
- Timothy Wilson
- Sophia Yang Hooper
- Advisors
- Nicole Kersting
- Gerardo Ramirez
- Robert Reynolds
- James Stigler
- Michael Weiss
- ICF International Team
- Kate Flint
- Ronaldo Iachan
- Alice Roberts
- Jill Trott
