IES Postdoctoral Fellows

The Institute established the Postdoctoral Research Training Program in the Education Sciences and the Postdoctoral Research Training Program in Special Education (Postdoctoral Training) to increase the supply of scientists who are prepared to conduct rigorous and relevant research addressing issues that are important to education leaders and practitioners and to advance knowledge and theory in education and special education. The specific intent of these programs is to prepare researchers to be able to conduct the type of research that the Institute funds including the preparation of competitive proposals that address relevant education and special education topics and meet the methodological requirements specified for the Institute's research grant competitions.

The current IES Postdoctoral Fellows are featured below, along with their recent CV, primary area of research, and research focus.

IES encourages its postdoctoral fellows to use this page to network with other fellows and meeting participants. Other meeting participants can also use this page to network with the fellows and discuss potential future career opportunities or directions.

Name	View Bio/CV	Primary Area of Research	Focus Areas
Bustamante, Andres Temple University Training Grant #: R305B150014 Mentor: Annemarie Hindman and Kathy Hirsh-Pasek	View	Applied Education Research	Assessment Development/Validation, Cognition And Student Learning, Early Childhood Education, Science
Dore, Rebecca University of Delaware Training Grant #: R305B130012 Mentor: Roberta Golinkoff	View	Applied Education Research	Cognition And Student Learning, Early Childhood Education, Education Technology
Farley, Jennifer University of Nebraska, Academy for Child and Family Well Being, Training Grant #: R324B160033 Mentor: Kristin Duppong Hurley and Alex Trout		Applied Special Education Research	Families, Students with Disabilities
Holmes, Shannon University of Missouri Training Grant #: R305B150028 Mentor: Wendy Reinke		Applied Education Research	Education Technology, Families, Social and Behavioral Development
Jean, Marshall Northwestern University, Institute for Policy Research Training Grant #: R305B050014 Mentor: Larry Hedges	View	Applied Education Research	Education Systems, Policy, and Leadership, Social and Behavioral Development
Latham, Scott Stanford University Training Grant #: R305B130017 Mentor: Sean Reardon	View	Applied Education Research	Early Childhood Education, Education Systems, Policy, and Leadership
Levine, Cynthia Northwestern University Training Grant #: R305B100027 Mentor: Larry Hedges		Applied Education Research	Families, Middle School/Junior High School, Minority/Underserved Populations Achievement, Social and Behavioral Development
McMillan, Brianna Temple University Training Grant #: R305B150014 Mentor: Kathy Hirsh-Pasek		Applied Education Research	Early Childhood Education, Language Development
Morin, Kristi University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Training Grant #: R324B160038 Mentor: Sam Odom, Kara Hume, and Brian Boyd		Applied Special Education Research	Elementary School, Social and Behavioral Development, Students with Disabilities, Teacher Quality (Preparation, Professional Development, etc.)
Savage, Melissa University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute Training Grant #: R324B160038 Mentor: Kara Hume		Applied Special Education Research	Students with Disabilities
Shi, Ying Stanford University Training Grant #: R305B130017 Mentor: Sean Reardon	View	Applied Education Research	Education Systems, Policy, and Leadership, Minority/Underserved Populations Achievement
Sinclair, James University of Missouri Training Grant #: R305B150028 Mentor: Wendy Reinke		Applied Special Education Research	Minority/Underserved Populations Achievement, Research Design/Methods, Social and Behavioral Development, Students with Disabilities
Smith, Tyler University of Missouri Training Grant #: R305B150028 Mentor: Wendy Reinke		Applied Education Research	Education Systems, Policy, and Leadership, Elementary School, Middle School/Junior High School, Social and Behavioral Development