Caitlin Ahearn
Research Fellow
About Caitlin
Caitlin is a doctoral candidate in Sociology at UCLA. Her research examines inequality in educational and occupational expectations and attainment, and the differential effects of higher education on various adult outcomes. During her time as a research fellow, Caitlin has worked on various projects related to college going among LAUSD students.
Jannelle Dang
Research Intern
About Jannelle
Jannelle Dang is an undergraduate student at UCLA studying Cognitive Science and Education. Jannelle is interested in educational equity and access for underrepresented communities and K-12 policy. She is conducting research on students’ experiences during remote learning and is part of the data management team, which cleans and documents data in the LAERI archive.
Carrie Miller
Associate Director | Research Affiliate
About Carrie
Carrie is a doctoral candidate in Education at UCLA. Her research focuses on educational inequality. At LAERI, she coordinates the data management and communications teams, onboards new research projects, and serves as a senior analyst for LAERI research projects.
Annika Park
Communications Intern
About Annika
Annika Park is a UCLA undergraduate student majoring in Applied Linguistics. Annika is interested in speech-language pathology. She is part of the communications team and helps design LAERI publications and promote LAERI’s work.
Meredith Phillips
Co-Founder | Faculty Director | Research Affiliate
About Meredith
Tomi Rajninger
Research Intern
About Tomi
Tomi Rajninger is an undergraduate student at UCLA majoring in Statistics and minoring in Public Affairs. She is interested in the intersection of statistics, data, and social change. She is building tools to help schools use data to improve educational practices and is part of the data management team, which cleans and documents data in the LAERI archive.
Leonard Wainstein
Research Fellow
About Leonard
Leonard Wainstein is a doctoral candidate at UCLA in Statistics. His research focuses on Causal Inference. As a research fellow, Leonard works on the twelfth-grade math course taking project.
Kyo Yamashiro
Co-Founder | Founding Executive Director | Advisor | Research Affiliate
About Kyo
Karen Yi
Research Intern
About Karen
Karen is an undergraduate psychobiology student at UCLA with a minor in education and a specialization in computing. She loves working at the intersection of these three interests.. She is conducting research on students’ experiences during remote learning and is part of the data management team, which cleans and documents data in the LAERI archive.
Affiliated Researchers
Adam Kho
Assistant Professor
About Dr. Kho
Adam Kho is an Assistant Professor of Education Policy and Leadership at the University of Southern California, Rossier School of Education. His research focuses on K-12 school reform including school turnaround, schools of choice, and other education policies affecting traditionally underserved students. He is currently working on a project exploring LA Unified’s alternative schools and understanding the conditions that best promote alternative school student success.
Visit Dr. Kho’s faculty page here: https://rossier.usc.edu/faculty/kho/
Tatiana Melguizo
Professor
About Dr. Melguizo
Dr. Melguizo is a Professor in the USC Rossier School of Education. She received a Ph.D. in Economics of Education from Stanford University and a M.A. in Social Policy from the London School of Economics. She works in the field of economics of higher education. She uses rigorous quantitative methods of analysis to study the relationship of different factors, educational programs, as well as public policies on the persistence and educational outcomes of minority and low-income students.
Visit Dr. Melguizo’s faculty page here: http://pullias.usc.edu/tatiana/
Lucrecia Santibañez
Associate Professor
About Dr. Santibañez
Former Staff
Mia Baker, Research Intern
Abbie Bates, Research Fellow
Ryan Cho, Research Fellow
Elizabeth Connolly, Research Intern
Tiana Cui, Research Intern
Caty Drewniak, Communications Intern
Tim Chen, Research Intern
Kimberly Fabian, Research Intern
Adina Farrukh, Research Assistant
Dean Gao, Research Assistant
Anthony Gonzalez Orozco, Research Intern
Saman Haddad, Research Intern
Mia Hahn, Research Intern
Tom Jacobson, Research Fellow
Sara Johnsen, Research Fellow
Paul Kang, Research Intern
Tae Kang, Research Assistant
Megan Kuhfeld, Research Fellow
Annie Kuo, Research Assistant
Rennie Lee, Postdoctoral Fellow
Robin Lee, Research Intern
Maxwell Mansolf, Research Intern
Paul Martinez, Research Fellow
Abby McClelland, Research Assistant
Alex Mendoza-Graff, Research Assistant
Vanessa Morris, Research Intern
Sara Novicoff, Research Intern
Natasha Oliver, Research Assistant
Kayla Park, Research Intern
Alejandra Priede, Research Fellow
Tomi Rajninger, Research Intern
Jordan Rickles, Postdoctoral Fellow
Kevin Schaaf, Research Fellow
Ian Schiffert, Research Intern
Jonathan Schweig, Research Fellow
Adrian Yu, Research Intern