Staff

THOMAS R. BAILEY
ncpr@columbia.edu 
(212) 678-3091
George and Abby O'Neill Professor of Economics and Education, Teachers College, Columbia University; Director, CCRC

ELISABETH A. BARNETT       

barnett@tc.edu 
(212) 678-3091
Senior Research Associate, CCRC
Research Areas: Dual Enrollment; Developmental Education

CLIVE BELFIELD  
clive.belfield@qc.cuny.edu  
Professor of Economics, Queens College, CUNY
Research Areas: Dual Enrollment

DAVID BRENEMAN 
dwb8n@virginia.edu     
(434) 924-0965
Newton Rita Meyers Professor of Economics and Education and former Dean, Curry School of Education, University of Virginia
Research Areas: NCPR Co-Leader 

THOMAS BROCK 
thomas.brock@mdrc.org
(510) 663-6372
Director, Young Adults and Postsecondary Education Policy Area, MDRC
Research Areas: Learning Communities; Developmental Education

NIKKI EDGECOMBE
edgecombe@tc.edu
(212) 678-3151
Senior Research Associate, CCRC
Research Area: Developmental Education

KATHERINE L. HUGHES
hughes@tc.edu
(212) 678-3091
Assistant Director for Work and Education Reform Research, CCRC
Research Areas: Dual Enrollment; Developmental Education

ROBERT J. IVRY 
robert.ivry@mdrc.org
(212) 532-3200
Senior Vice President, Development and External Affairs, MDRC
Research Areas: Learning Communities; Developmental Education

SHANNA SMITH JAGGARS
jaggars@tc.edu
(212) 678-4122
Senior Research Associate, CCRC
Research Areas: Developmental Education

MELINDA MECHUR KARP
mjm305@columbia.edu 
(212) 678-3091
Senior Research Associate, CCRC
Research Areas: Dual Enrollment

BRIDGET TERRY LONG
longbr@gse.harvard.edu
(617) 496-4355
Professor of Education and Economics, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Research Areas: State Data Analysis studies (Florida Remediation Study; Tennessee Developmental Education Study); Learning Communities; Dual Enrollment; Supplementary Studies

DOLORES PERIN          
dp111@columbia.edu     
(212) 678-3091 
Senior Research Associate, CCRC 
Research Areas: Developmental Education 

LISA ROTHMAN
rothman@tc.edu
(212) 678-3091
Associate Director for Finance, Administration, and Communications, CCRC

LASHAWN RICHBURG-HAYES 
lashawn.richburg-hayes @ mdrc.org
(212) 532-3200
Senior Research Associate, Young Adults and Postsecondary Education Policy Area, MDRC
Research Areas: Learning Communities

MARY VISHER
mary.visher@mdrc.org
(510) 663-6372
Senior Associate, Young Adults and Postsecondary Education Policy Area, MDRC
Research Areas: Learning Communities

HEATHER D. WATHINGTON
hw4w@virginia.edu
(434) 982-2715
Assistant Professor, Curry School of Education, University of Virginia
Research Areas: Learning Communities; Dual Enrollment; Developmental Education

MATTHEW ZEIDENBERG
zeidenberg@tc.edu
(212) 678-7455
Senior Data Analyst, CCRC
Research Areas: Developmental Education