Competitive Grants & Fellowships

AccessLEX Institute - $71,128

$71,128

The Effect of the Uniform Bar Examination on Diversity, Affordability, and Employment Prospects

Consultant, with M.S. Gonzalez Canche (PI)

American Educational Research Association - $35,000

$35,000

Education Research Conference Program

Performance Funding in Higher Education: Connecting 40 Years of Policy, Research, and Practice

Co-Organizer, with M.S. Gonzalez Canche (PI), L.W. Perna, K. Callahan, S.P. Gentile, and D.A. Tandberg

American Educational Research Association/National Science Foundation - $25,000

$25,000

AERA-NSF Dissertation Grant

Giving Credit Where Credit Is Due: Causal Impacts of Reverse Transfer Associate Degrees on Education and Labor-Market Outcomes.

Principal Investigator

Arnold Ventures - $348,342

$348,342

A PLUS or a Minus? A Mixed Methods Investigation Documenting the Decisions and Outcomes of Students, Families, and Institutions in the Parent PLUS Loan Portfolio

Principal Investigator, with Jeremy Wright-Kim (Co-PI) and Jorge Burmicky (Co-PI)

Joyce Foundation - $360,500

$300,000

Improving College Access in the Great Lakes and Beyond: Reducing Economic, Racial, and Geographic Inequality

Consultant, with D. Tandberg (PI) and J.A. Delaney (Co-PI)


$60,500

Direct Admissions

Consultant, with J.A. Delaney (PI) and M.S. Gonzalez Canche (Co-PI)

Lumina Foundation - $350,000

$350,000

Simplifying Enrollment in Practice: Studying the Integration of Direct Admissions Programs and Financial Aid (Phase I).

Principal Investigator, with J.A. Delaney (Co-PI) & R. Weissbourd (Co-PI)

Spencer Foundation - $50,000

$50,000

Direct Admissions: Reducing Economic, Racial, and Geographic Inequality in College Access.

Co-Principal Investigator, with J.A. Delaney (PI)

State Council on Higher Education for Virginia - $239,861

$239,861

Statewide PK-12 and Postsecondary College Access Campaign.

Consultant, with J. Carpenter (PI)

TIAA Institute - $70,000

$70,000

Employment Volatility in the Academic Workforce: Implications for Faculty Financial Stability and Retirement Plans

Co-Principal Investigator, with M.S. Gonzalez Canche (PI), J.Y. Bae (Co-PI), and A.K. Edgerton (Co-PI)

U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences - $1.20M

$100,000

Institute of Education Sciences Fellowship: University of Pennsylvania Predoctoral Training Program in Interdisciplinary Methods for Field-Based Research in Education

Fellow


$898,617

Development of an Education Return-on-Investment (ROI) Web Application Called Return on College (ROC)

Associate Principal Investigator, with J. Carpenter (PI)


$199,987

A User-Contextualized ROI Tool to Make Meaning of Lifetime Costs and Tradeoffs Associated with Different Degree Programs

Associate Principal Investigator, with J. Carpenter (PI)

U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education - $4.99M

$4,994,348.90

Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) Career and Educational Pathways Exploration System (Career Pathways) Program

Consultant, with W. Finch (PI), J. Carpenter (Co-PI), and D. Lang (Co-PI)

University of Pennsylvania - $300,000

$300,000

University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education Dean's Fellowship

Student (Ph.D.)

University of Wisconsin-Madison - $272,590

$214,035

Boosting Equitable College and Career  Outcomes: A Research-Practice Partnership to Study a Scaled Pre-College Advising Strategy
Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education (Increasing Social and Economic Inclusion)

Principal Investigator


$58,555 [DECLINED]

Improving Access to College for Rural Populations
Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education (Fall Research Competition)

Principal Investigator

Vanderbilt University - $23,500

$23,500

Vanderbilt University, Peabody College Dean's Tuition Scholarship

Student (M.Ed.)

Other Funded Work and Contracts

Association for Institutional Research - $49,997

$49,997

Estimating the Effect of Losing the Federal Loan Subsidy on Debt Accumulation for Law and Professional Students in the United States: Evidence from a Natural Experiment

Consultant, with M.S. Gonzalez Canche (PI) 

Community College Research Center - $1.76M

$1.76M, Subcontract of $40,000

Paving the Way to Equitable, Adequate, and Effective Community College Funding

Consultant, with N. Edgecombe (PI)

Funding from Ascendium Education Philanthropy, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Lumina Foundation

U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences - $344,940

$344,940

Does Applied STEM CTE Strengthen the College and Career Pipeline for Low-Income High School Students?

Consultant, with M. Gottfried (PI) and D. Klasik (Co-PI)