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CALDER has a core team of researchers at AIR and affiliate scholars at 13 universities. CALDER’s researchers and university-based affiliates are national experts on a range of critical issues, including teacher preparation and teacher labor markets, specialized teaching areas (e.g., special education), student outcomes and achievement, post-secondary transitions and pathways, education systems and policies. Research assistants are also an important part of our work—search AIR's job listings for "CALDER" to see if we have any current RA openings.

Current Experts

Benjamin Backes
CALDER Principal Economist
American Institutes for Research
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David Blazar
Associate Professor of Education Policy
University of Maryland
Sade Bonilla
Sade Bonilla
Assistant Professor
University of Pennsylvania
Meagan Comb
Executive Director | Wheelock Educational Policy Center
Boston University
James Cowan
CALDER Principal Economitrician
American Institutes for Research
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Michael DeArmond
CALDER Director of Policy
American Institutes for Research
Elise Dizon-Ross
CALDER Researcher
American Institutes for Research
David Figlio
Gordon Fyfe Professor of Economics and Education
University of Rochester
Kevin Fortner
Kevin Fortner
RMS Program Coordinator | Associate Professor Educational Policy Studies
Georgia State University
Dan Goldhaber
Dan Goldhaber
CALDER Director | Vice-President
American Institutes for Research
Thomas Goldring
Thomas Goldring
Director of Research
Georgia State University
Eric Hanushek
Paul and Jean Hanna Senior Fellow in Education
Stanford University
Steven Hemelt
Professor of Public Policy
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Harry Holzer
John Lafarge Jr. SJ Professor of Public Policy | AIR Scholar
Georgetown University
Scott Imberman
Scott Imberman
Professor
Michigan State University
Kirabo Jackson
Abraham Harris Professor of Education and Social Policy | IPR Fellow
Northwestern University
Tara Kilbride
Tara Kilbride
Interim Associate Director
Michigan State University
Cory Koedel
Professor of Economics and Public Policy
University of Missouri
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Constance Lindsay
Assistant Professor
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Melissa Arnold Lyon
Melissa Arnold Lyon
Assistant Professor Department of Public Administration and Policy
University at Albany, State University of New York
Josh McGee
Josh McGee
Associate Professor
University of Arkansas
Emily Morton
CALDER Researcher
American Institutes for Research
Ben Ost
Ben Ost
Associate Professor
University of Illinois Chicago
Michael Podgursky
Chancellor's Professor
University of Missouri
Steven Rivkin
Steven Rivkin
Department Head | Professor Economics
University of Illinois Chicago
Matthew Springer
Matthew Springer
Managing Partner
Basis Policy Research
Elizabeth Steiner
Elizabeth Steiner
Senior Policy Researcher
RAND Corporation
Katharine O. Strunk
Dean | George and Diane Weiss Professor of Education
University of Pennsylvania
Roddy Theobald
Roddy Theobald
CALDER Deputy Director | Managing Researcher
American Institutes for Research
Zeyu Xu
CALDER Managing Economist
American Institutes for Research
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Gema Zamarro
Professor of Education Reform and Economics | Endowed Chair in Teacher Quality
University of Arkansas

Emeritus Experts

Charles Clotfelter
Professor Emerita of Public Policy
Duke University
Jane Hannaway
Affiliate Faculty
Georgetown University
Helen Ladd
Professor Emerita of Public Policy
Duke University
Tim Sass
Distinguished University Professor
Georgia State University