Principal Investigators
Anita Crowder, PhD
Research and Evaluation Manager, CodeVA
Project Role
Lead PI
Dr. Dwayne Ray Cormier
Associate Professor, School of Education, VCU
Project Role
Co-PI, Culturally Relevant Teaching
Jennie Chiu, PhD
Associate Professor, School of Education, UVA
Project Role
Co-PI, Knowledge Integration Framework, Researcher
Sheila Mosby, MEd (Admin), MEd (Curriculum)
Instructional Coach, Petersburg City Public Schools
Project Role
Co-PI, Recruit RPP, Teacher Practitioner,
3rd Grade Instructional Coach
Research-Practice Partners
Courtnee Austin, Petersburg City Public Schools
Nikki Gregerson, Petersburg City Public Schools
Shanna Finklin, Petersburg City Public Schools
Na'Que Walker, Petersburg City Public Schools
Former Members include:
Michelle Gay, Chesterfield County Public Schools
Jennifer A. Garcia, Chesterfield County Public Schools
Advisory Board
Dr. Michael Berson
Professor of Social Science Education, University of South Florida
Project Expertise
K-5 Social Studies, Technology Innovation & Integration, Participatory Methodologies
Britte Haugan Cheng, PhD
Principal and Founder, MenloEDU
Project Expertise
Education Innovation, DBIR and RPP collaboration
Irene Lee
Principal Investigator and Program Director, Project GUTS
Project Expertise
CS Education, K-12 CS Standards
Dr. Anne Ottenbreit-Leftwich
Associate Professor of Instructional Systems Technology, School of Education, Indiana University - Bloomington
Project Expertise
Teacher Self-Efficacy in CS
Dr. Jean Ryoo
Director of Research, Computer Science Equity Project, UCLA Center X
Project Expertise
Computer Science (CS) Equity
Dr. Aman Yadav
Professor, College of Education, and Director, Masters of Arts in Educational Technology, Michigan State University
Project Expertise
Computer Science, Computational Thinking, Educational Technology
Evaluation Team
Debra Bernstein, PhD
Senior Researcher, TERC
Jim Hammerman, Ed.D
Co-Director STEM Education Evaluation Center (SEEC) at TERC
Project Staff
Betsy Seymour, Project Lead, CodeVA
Eric Bredder, Research Assistant, UVA
Sarah Catherine Lilly, PhD, Post-Doc Fellow, UVA