Researchers
The Getting Down to Facts III project assembled an outstanding group of the top scholars in the field of education to focus their collective attention on the current conditions and paths Toward a Stronger Next Generation of California Education. These researchers convened three times between 2025-2026 to coordinate their efforts and strengthen one another’s research. We appreciate their contributions!
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Susanna Loeb
Stanford University -
Nallely Beulah Aceves-Romero
Stanford University -
Chris Agnew
Stanford University -
Jacob Alonso
University of Southern California -
Andre Anderson-Thompson
University of California, Davis -
Monica Arpino
Stanford University -
Nicole Arshan
Learning Policy Institute -
Alfredo J. Artiles
Stanford University -
Lakshmi Balasubramanian
Stanford University -
Cristina Barnard
Stanford University -
Xander Beberman
Stanford University -
James Bridgeforth
University of Delaware -
Paul Bruno
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign -
Sawyer Burgess
University of Missouri -
Dion Burns
Learning Policy Institute -
Althea Bustos Ito
University of California, Berkeley -
Desiree Carver-Thomas
Learning Policy Institute -
Miguel Casar
University of Alabama -
Linda Darling-Hammond
Learning Policy Institute -
Kramer Dykeman
University of California, Davis -
Jeimee Estrada
University of Southern California -
Philip Fisher
Stanford University -
Jon Fullerton
University of Southern California -
H. Alix Gallagher
Stanford University -
Antero Garcia
Stanford University -
Kevin Gee
University of California, Davis -
Danielle M. Gomez
Stanford University -
Pam Grossman
University of Pennsylvania -
Shira Haderlein
Arizona State University -
Laura E. Hernández
Learning Policy Institute -
Jacob Hibel
University of California, Davis -
Sara Hinkley
University of California, Berkeley -
Elizabeth Huffaker
University of Florida -
Alexandria Hurtt
University of California, Davis -
Mary Helen Immordino-Yang
University of Southern California -
Jacob Jackson
University of California, Davis -
Rucker C. Johnson
University of California, Berkeley -
Lindsey Kaler
Brown University -
Jonathan Kaplan
Learning Policy Institute -
Eliana Katz
Stanford University -
Maya Kaul
University of Pennsylvania -
Adam Kho
University of Kentucky -
Havisha Khurana
University of Oregon -
Brienna Kightlinger
Harvard University -
Tara Kini
Learning Policy Institute -
Kurt Klaus
University of California, Berkeley -
Douglas Knecht
University of Southern California -
Cory Koedel
University of Missouri -
Elizabeth Kozleski
Stanford University -
Michal Kurlaender
University of California, Davis -
Austin Land
University of California, Berkeley -
Beryl Larson
University of California, Davis -
Mary Laski
Center on Reinventing Public Education, Arizona State University -
Victor Lee
Stanford University -
Christopher J. Lemons
Stanford University -
Melanie Leung-Gagné
Learning Policy Institute -
Yiwang Li
University of California, Davis -
Sihong Liu
Stanford University -
Francesca López
University of Wisconsin–Madison -
Anna Maier
Learning Policy Institute -
Alvin Makori
University of Southern California -
Julie Marsh
University of Southern California -
Patrick McClellan
University of California, Davis -
Beth Meloy
Child and Family Advisory Collaborative -
Efrain Mercado
Learning Policy Institute -
Susan Moffitt
Brown University -
Laura Mulfinger
University of Southern California -
Misbah Naseer
Stanford University -
Pedro Noguera
University of Southern California -
Sarah Novicoff
Public Policy Institute of California -
Michaela Krug O'Neill
University of Michigan -
Susan K. Patrick
Learning Policy Institute -
Francis Pearman
Stanford University -
Amanda Pickett
University of Delaware -
Morgan S. Polikoff
University of Southern California -
Heather Price
Learning Policy Institute -
Jeremy Prim
University of California, Davis -
Lydia Rainey
Center on Reinventing Public Education, Arizona State University -
Sean Reardon
Stanford University -
Sherrie Reed
University of California, Davis -
Tye Ripma
Stanford University -
Vandeka Rodgers
University of Delaware -
Christopher Saldaña
University of Wisconsin–Madison -
Estefania Rodriguez Sanchez
Stanford University -
Lucrecia Santibañez
University of California, Los Angeles -
Carolyn Sattin-Bajaj
University of California, Santa Barbara -
Beth Schueler
Stanford University -
Thomas M. Smith
University of California, Davis -
Shelby L. Smith
University of Southern California -
Lucy Sorensen
Learning Policy Institute -
Joao M. Souto-Maior
Stanford University -
Mariana De Franca Steil
University of Southern California -
Deborah Stipek
Stanford University -
Patricia Strach
University at Albany, SUNY -
Christina Sun
University of California, Davis -
Walker Swain
Learning Policy Institute -
Tiffany S. Tan
Learning Policy Institute -
Sean Tanner
WestEd -
Lisa Towne
Independent consultant -
Jose Eos Trinidad
University of California, Berkeley -
Akunna Uka
University of Southern California -
Ilana Umansky
University of Oregon -
Radhika Unnikrishnan
Stanford University -
Jeff Vincent
University of California, Berkeley -
Wesley Wei
Learning Policy Institute -
Jason Willis
University of the Pacific -
Maisha Winn
Stanford University -
Lawrence Winn
University of California, Davis -
Peter Yu
University of California, Davis -
Eleanor Jingzhi Yu
University of California, Berkeley -
Lauren Ziegler
Stanford University -
Ron Zimmer
University of Kentucky
