Principal Investigators
Julie Cohen
jjc7f@virgina.edu
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Julie Cohen is an Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Virginia’s School of Education and Human Development. Her research focuses on the conceptualization and measurement of teaching quality and the development of effective instructional practices in pre-service teacher education and professional development.
Vivian Wong
vcw2n@virgina.edu
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Vivian Wong is an Associate Professor in Research, Statistics, and Evaluation at the University of Virginia’s School of Education and Human Development. Her expertise is in improving the design, implementation and analysis of randomized experiments, regression-discontinuity, interrupted time series, and matching designs in field settings.
Research Staff
Casedy Thomas
mmt2hg@virgina.edu
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Casedy Thomas is a TeachSIM Research Scientist. Her work is centered around the development of professional learning experiences, as well as data collection and analysis.
Christina Taylor
mmt2hg@virgina.edu
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Christina Taylor is the TeachSIM Project Manager. Her work is centered around developing study protocols to ensure high implementation fidelity across sites.
Hallie Parten
zsk4gm@virginia.edu
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Hallie Parten is a TeachSIM Research Scientist. She supports project design, implementation, and data analysis.
Graduate Students
Arielle Boguslav
Doctoral Student, Educational Policy
Steffen Erickson
Doctoral Student, Education Policy Analysis
Anna Yonas
Doctoral Student, Curriculum and Instruction
Poppy Liu
Doctoral Student, Research, Statistics, and Evaluation
Kristyn Wilson
Doctoral Student, Curriculum and Instruction
Joshua Hambrecht
Masters Student, Statistics
Instructional Coaches
Chioma Amaechi
Jamie McLemore
2022-2023 Research Assistants
Sadia Ahmadi
Jennifer Espinoza
Arnaldo Sandoval-Guerrero