Virginia Education Science Training (VEST) Program for Post-Doctoral Fellows
The VEST post-doctoral training program offers training experience in education science. VEST fellows receive three core experiences:
- Strong mentoring with a senior investigator focused on the demanding and technical aspects of producing high quality scholarship (theory, design, intervention development, use of rigorous methods, writing, etc.). Trainees engage in a mentored, collaborative program of research where they formulate research questions, select research designs, implement research studies, collaborate with district partners, analyze data, write papers, and present findings.
- Immersion in an intellectually challenging and scientifically rigorous community of scholarship. Opportunities include engagement in work-in-progress meetings with faculty, other post-docs and students; involvement in specialized training institutes and courses; self-evaluation processes to align training experiences and career goals; and involvement with visiting scholars.
- Engagement in a research-practice partnership with state departments of education and/or school districts.
All the spots in the FY2017 Post-doc grant have been filled.
Current Fellows
Laura Bellows
Laura Bellows is a social policy scholar who primarily focuses on how policy creates, or eases, different forms of instability. She is currently working on a variety of topics, including the effects of immigration enforcement on child outcomes; turnover among early educators; and the impacts of the COVID-19/coronavirus pandemic on early education. She received her PhD in Public Policy from Duke University, her MPA from Indiana University-Bloomington, and her BA in History and English from Rice University. https://www.laura-bellows.com/
Anna Shapiro
Anna Shapiro is an incoming IES fellow beginning August 2020. Her research interests include universal preschool programs, special education policies that impact young children, issues in special education measurement, and the effects of early intervention for children with or at risk for developing disabilities. She received her PhD in Educational Policy, Leadership and Innovation at the University of Michigan, her AM in Urban Education Policy from Brown University and her BA in French and Educational Studies from Emory University.
Previous Fellows
New position- Research Assistant Professor at Youth-Nex & CASTL
Tutrang Nguyen
New position - Human Services Researcher at Mathematica in Oakland, CA.
Krystal Thomas
New position - Education Researcher at SRI in Arlington, VA.
Associated Faculty
- Sara Rimm-Kaufman, Professor
- Robert C. Pianta, Dean
Novartis Professor of Education
Founding Director, Center for Advanced Study of Teaching and Learning - James H. Wyckoff, Professor
Director, EdPolicyWorks - Daphna Bassok, Associate Professor; Associate Director, EdPolicyWorks
- Jason Downer, Professor; Director, CASTL
- Nancy Deutsch, Professor; Director, Youth-Nex
Associated Staff
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Sara Rimm-Kaufman Commonwealth Professor of EducationJulia B. Thomas Education Research Project ManagerRobert C. Pianta Dean , Batten Bicentennial Professor of Early Childhood Education, Founding Director, Center for Advanced Study of Teaching and LearningJames H. Wyckoff Professor, Director, EdPolicyWorksDaphna Bassok Batten Bicentennial Associate Professor of Early Childhood Education, Associate Director, EdPolicyWorksCatherine P. Bradshaw Professor, Senior Associate Dean for Research & Faculty DevelopmentBenjamin L. Castleman Newton and Rita Meyers Associate Professor in the Economics of Education, Director, Nudge4 Solutions LabJulia Jackson Cohen Associate Professor of EducationJamie DeCoster Research Assistant ProfessorJason T. Downer Professor of Education, Program Area Director, Clinical and School Psychology, Director, CASTLJennifer LoCasale-Crouch Research Associate ProfessorPatricia A. Jennings Professor of EducationTimothy R. Konold Professor, Research, Statistics, and Evaluation Program CoordinatorLuke C. Miller Research Associate ProfessorNatalia Palacios Associate ProfessorJessica E. Whittaker Research Associate Professor, Director of Birth to Eight InitiativesVivian Wong Associate Professor