Tara Kilbride

Tara Kilbride, PhD, is the Interim Associate Director at EPIC. Dr. Kilbride conducts and oversees data collection and analysis for several ongoing studies, including research about Michigan’s teacher workforce, student learning and recovery trajectories in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, and impacts of state and local policy changes on students, educators, and school systems across the state. She also contributes to collaborative multi-state studies with researchers across the U.S. and works closely with state partners to build institutional knowledge of educational data systems in Michigan and improve analytic capacity. Prior to working for EPIC, she served as the director of a mathematics learning center and a teaching assistant for doctoral-level courses in quantitative research methods and hierarchical linear models. Dr. Kilbride received her PhD in Measurement and Quantitative Methods from Michigan State University and her BA as a dual major in Psychology and Mathematical Sciences from Binghamton University in her home state of New York.