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
Ai, Jun University of Kansas Training Grant #: R324B180004 Mentor: Judith Carta & Kathryn Bigelow		Applied Special Education Research	Early Childhood and Early Intervention,Social and Behavioral, Teachers and Teaching
Aitken, Angelique University of Nebraska-Lincoln Training Grant #: R324B160033 Mentor: Kristin Duppong Hurley		Applied Special Education Research	Social and Behavioral, Special Education
Bellows, Laura University of Virginia Training Grant #: R305B170002 Mentor: Daphna Bassok	View	Applied Education Research	Early Childhood and Early Intervention, Education Systems, Policy, and Leadership, Statistics and Methodology
Carroll, Kristen Vanderbilt University Training Grant #: R305B170009 Mentor: Ellen Goldring		Applied Education Research	Education Systems, Policy, and Leadership, Statistics and Methodology
Dixon, LaTanya Vanderbilt University Training Grant #: R305B170009 Mentor: Gary Henry & Sean Corcoran	View	Applied Education Research	Education Systems, Policy, and Leadership, Postsecondary Education, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM), Transition for Secondary Students
El Mallah, Shereen University of Virginia Training Grant #: R305B170002 Mentor: Sara Rimm-Kaufman		Applied Education Research	Social and Behavioral
Farley, Jennifer University of Nebraska-Lincoln Training Grant #: R324B160033 Mentor: Kristin Duppong Hurley & Alexandra Trout		Applied Special Education Research	Social and Behavioral, Special Education
Fleming, Christopher Prevention Science Institute, University of Oregon Training Grant #: R324B180001 Mentor: John Seeley		Applied Special Education Research	Social and Behavioral
Gaias, Larissa SMART Center, University of Washington Training Grant #: R305B170021 Mentor: Michael Pullmann		Applied Education Research	Professional Development and School-based Services Providers, Social and Behavioral, Statistics and Methodology
Henry, Alyssa University of Virginia Training Grant #: R324B180034 Mentor: Emily Solari		Applied Special Education Research	Autism Spectrum Disorders, Reading, Writing, and Language Development, Special Education
McCall, Chynna University of Missouri - Columbia Training Grant #: R305B150028 Mentor: Wendy Reinke		Applied Education Research	Education Systems, Policy, and Leadership, Professional Development and School-based Services Providers, Social and Behavioral, Teachers and Teaching
McIntyre, Nancy Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Training Grant #: R324B160038 Mentor: Kara Hume	View	Applied Special Education Research	Autism Spectrum Disorders, Reading, Writing, and Language Development, Social and Behavioral, Special Education
Nguyen, Tutrang University of Virginia Training Grant #: R305B170002 Mentor: Bob Pianta		Applied Education Research	Early Childhood and Early Intervention, Education Systems, Policy, and Leadership
Nowell, Sallie Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Training Grant #: R324B160038 Mentor: Kara Hume and Samuel Odom	View	Applied Special Education Research	Social and Behavioral, Special Education
Poling, Daniel University of Nebraska-Lincoln Training Grant #: R324B160033 Mentor: Kristin Duppong Hurley		Applied Special Education Research	Special Education
Resnik, Felice University of Oregon Training Grant #: R324B180001 Mentor: Elizabeth Stormshak		Applied Special Education Research	Early Childhood and Early Intervention, Families
Solanki, Sabrina University of Michigan Training Grant #: R305B170015 Mentor: Susan Dynarski & Brian Jacob		Applied Education Research	Postsecondary Education
Soto, Xigrid University of Kansas Training Grant #: R324B180004 Mentor: Judith Carta		Applied Special Education Research	Early Childhood and Early Intervention, English Learners, Multi-tiered System of Supports (MTSS), Reading, Writing, and Language Development
Thomas, Krystal University of Virginia Training Grant #: R305B170002 Mentor: Sara Rimm-Kaufman		Applied Education Research	Education Systems, Policy, and Leadership, Professional Development and School-based Services Providers, Statistics and Methodology
Timmer, Jennifer Vanderbilt University Training Grant #: R305B170009 Mentor: Jason Grissom	View	Applied Education Research	Education Systems, Policy, and Leadership
Yeomans-Maldonado, Gloria University of Michigan Training Grant #: R305B170015 Mentor: Chris Weiland & Brian Jacob	View	Applied Education Research	Early Childhood and Early Intervention, English Learners, Families, Statistics and Methodology
Zajic, Matthew University of Virginia Training Grant #: R324B180034 Mentor: Emily Solari		Applied Special Education Research	Autism Spectrum Disorders, Early Childhood and Early Intervention, Special Education