State School Finance Fellowship

John M. (Jack) Fredericks is a doctoral candidate in Educational Policy and Evaluation at Arizona State University's Mary Lou Fulton College for Teaching and Learning Innovation.

Wei Gao is a doctoral candidate in Measurement, Evaluation, Statistics, and Assessment, with a concentration in Quantitative Policy Evaluation, at Boston College's Lynch School of Education and Human Development.

Xinyu Guan is a doctoral candidate in Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

Hoyun Kim is a doctoral candidate in Education Policy, Politics, and Leadership at the University of California, Berkeley School of Education.

Sarath Kraus is the director of systems change management and a doctoral candidate at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV).

Brooke Moreno is a doctoral candidate in Educational Leadership and Policy at the University of Arizona.

Liliane Nienstedt is a postdoctoral researcher at the Detroit Partnership for Education Equity & Research at Wayne State University.

Nicolas Pardo is a doctoral candidate in Education at the University of Southern California, within the K-12 policy concentration.

Katie Pullom is a doctoral candidate in Education Policy at the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education.

Md. Juwel Ahmed Sarker is a doctoral candidate and doctoral fellow in Education Policy at the University of Arkansas.

Josefina Senese is a doctoral candidate in Educational Policy Studies at Boston University and a 2026–2027 AERA–NSF Dissertation Fellow.

Katie Shanahan is a doctoral student in Education Policy at the University of Pittsburgh.

Sam Speroni is a postdoctoral scholar at the UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies, a lecturer in the UCLA Department of Urban Planning, and an affiliated researcher with the Los Angeles Education Research Institute.

Jordan Abbott is the senior data scientist at the Education Funding Equity Initiative at New America and an incoming doctoral student in Education Data Science at Stanford University.

Sarah Caroleo, Ph.D., is a postdoctoral research associate at the Annenberg Institute at Brown University, where she studies K–12 education policy and instructional and behavioral supports.

Samra Chaudary, Ph.D., is a professor of finance, researcher, and higher education professional with over thirteen years of experience in teaching, research, student mentorship, and academic service.

Emily Hatch is a doctoral student in Education Policy and Leadership at Vanderbilt University whose research examines how state-level school finance policies shape equitable resource distribution across K–12 schools.

Ryan Heraty is a doctoral candidate in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at the University of Vermont and a superintendent of schools in northern Vermont.

Sara Ji is a doctoral candidate at Harvard University studying the economics of education, labor economics, and causal inference, focusing on inequality and mobility.

Havisha Khurana is a doctoral candidate in the Quantitative Research Methods in Education (QRME) program at the University of Oregon, where she focuses on experiences of students with disabilities and multilingual learners.

Haeryun Kim is a doctoral candidate in Education Policy, Organization and Leadership at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and a United States Correspondent for the Korean Educational Development Institute.

Katie Pedersen is a doctoral candidate in Education Policy at the University of Pennsylvania's Graduate School of Education, where she studies social media, education, and education finance.

Eliana Pereyra is a second-year doctoral student at Georgia State University with a special interest in the economics of education, equitable school finance, critical analyses and investigation of policies that ensure school systems are more responsive to local communities.

Cynthia Roberts-Dumas, Ph.D., is a seasoned education and public service professional with a robust background in workforce development, government operations, and higher education.

Hannah F. Scarbrough recently completed her Ph.D. in Educational Policy Studies at Georgia State University and is an education researcher specializing in evidence synthesis methods.

Yaxin (Crystal) Wang, Ph.D., is an education researcher whose evidence-based work bridges school finance, federal funding policy, and emerging questions in artificial intelligence (AI)-integrated learning.