Jameela Conway-Turner

Jameela Conway-Turner is a Senior Researcher at the American Institutes for Research (AIR). Dr. Conway-Turner provides research and evaluation support to programs focusing on youth development and creating safe and supportive environments for young people. Dr. Conway-Tuner’s work includes K-12 education and community and youth programs. Dr. Conway-Turner works to bridge the research to policy and practice gap by conducting studies to examine the use of research evidence, working with stakeholders to make evidence-based decisions and examining the impact of programs, policies, and practices. Her work emphasizes the importance of data visualization and writes reports for a variety of audiences to disseminate research findings. Prior to joining AIR, Dr. Conway-Tuner was a policy fellow for the Society for Research in Child Development at the National Institute of Justice working on the Comprehensive School Safety Initiative.Dr. Conway-Tuner can be contacted at jconwayturner@air.org.