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Who we are

We are a team of faculty, staff, and graduate students who bring researchers, policymakers, and practitioners together to answer the questions that shape students’ lives.

WEPC Leadership

People

Marcus Winters

Faculty Director & Professor, Boston University

Krystafer Redden

Executive Director

People

Sidrah Baloch

Managing Director

Jenn Ash

Director, PARABL

Affiliated Faculty and Researchers

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Elizabeth Bettini

Associate Professor, Boston University

Jesse Bruhn

Assistant Professor, Brown University

Pia Caronongan

Research Associate Professor, Boston University

Olivia Chi

Assistant Professor, Boston University

Christopher Cleveland

Assistant Professor, Brown University

Joshua Goodman

Professor, Boston University

Nathan Jones

Professor, Boston University

Yasuko Kanno

Professor, Boston University

Jo R. King

Assistant Professor, Boston University

Kevin Lang

Professor, Boston University

Jennifer Lillis

Research Scientist, Boston University

Daniele Paserman

Professor, Boston University

Ariel Tichnor-Wagner

Senior Lecturer, Boston University

Jerry Whitmore, Jr.

Assistant Professor, Boston University

Staff

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Tiana Batista

Administrative Coordinator, Educational Leadership & Policy Studies

Seth Delisle

Communications and Development Associate

Morgan Fleming

Research Analyst

Simran Kalkat

Research Fellow

Trainees

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Hanyun Cui

Doctoral Student

Abigail Francis

Doctoral Student

Mei Huang

Doctoral Student

Mingyan Ma

Graduate Student, Boston University

Jesse Meredith

Graduate Student, Boston University

Josefina Senese

Graduate Student, Boston University

Yunee H. Yoon

Graduate Student, Boston University

Alumni

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