About Us
The study is being conducted by Jennifer Jellison Holme (co-PI) and Huriya Jabbar (Co-PI) of The University of Texas at Austin.
Jennifer J. Holme, PhD
Jennifer Jellison Holme is a Professor of Educational Policy and Planning in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy at the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Holme’s research focuses on the politics and implementation of educational policy, with a particular focus on the relationship among school reform, equity, and diversity in schools.
She received her Ph.D. in Education Policy (Urban Schooling) from UCLA, her Ed.M in Administration, Planning and Social Policy from the Harvard University Graduate School of Education, and her B.A. in Sociology from UCLA.
Huriya Jabbar, PhD
Huriya is an Associate Professor of Education Policy at the Rossier School of Education at the University of Southern California. Her research examines the social and political dimensions of market-based reforms and privatization in education. She is currently studying school choice policy and school leaders’ behavioral responses to competition; choice and decision-making in higher education; and teacher job choices, recruitment, and retention.
Huriya received a B.A. in Economics from the University of California at Santa Cruz, an M.A. in Economics from the New School for Social Research, and a Ph.D. in Education Policy, Organization, Measurement, & Evaluation from the University of California, Berkeley.
Other members of the research team include
Katelin Trautmann
Katelin Trautmann is a postdoctoral scholar at the Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center at Penn State University. Katelin’s research examines the use of research in policymaking and the relationship between policy, politics, race, gender, and religion. Before returning to graduate school and graduating from the University of Texas at Austin with a Ph.D. in Educational Leadership and Policy, Katelin worked as an elementary teacher and instructional coach for ten years.
Janet Solis Rodriguez
Janet Solis Rodriguez is an Assistant Professor at The University of Texas at San Antonio. Her research focuses on educator preparation and development across the career span and seeks to understand how organizational structures and mechanisms can be strengthened to sustain improvements in educator quality, professional learning, and long-term outcomes.
Solis Rodriguez received her Ph.D. in Educational Leadership and Policy, her M.Ed. in Quantitative Methods, and her B.F.A. in Theater Education from The University of Texas at Austin.
Chandel Burgess
Chandel Burgess is a doctoral student studying STEM Education at The University of Texas at Austin. She is a mixed methodologist who centers the voices and experiences of Black learners in postsecondary STEM spaces. Before beginning her doctoral studies, she earned a B.S. in Mathematics from the University of Houston and an M.S. in Mathematical Science from the University of Houston-Clear Lake. Chandel is currently a graduate researcher and a teaching assistant for a graduate level introductory quantitative research course in the College of Education
Ashli Duncan
Ashli Duncan is a doctoral student at the University of Texas at Austin in the Educational Policy and Planning program. As a public school teacher for five years, she was an active member of United Educators of San Francisco. She worked as a Union Building Representative in her final year as a classroom teacher. Her advocacy work for students and teachers motivates her research interest in teacher retention and its effects on adults, students, and the school environment.
After graduating from Scripps College with a Bachelor of Arts dual degree in Dance and Media Studies, she taught English as a Second Language to adults and children in Japan and South Korea. Upon returning to the U.S., she earned her Master of Arts in Teaching Reading from The University of San Francisco as a part of the San Francisco Teacher Residency program.