Open Doors Summer Research Program
2023 Application Information Coming Soon
This program is designed for students interested in exploring graduate school, including students with diverse research interests including but not limited to education, psychology, and public policy.
UVA Contacts
For questions about the Open Doors program please contact us

Sara Rimm-Kaufman
- Commonwealth Professor of Education
- 434-982-2863
- ser4x@virginia.edu
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Ridley Hall 238
PO Box 800784
405 Emmet Street S
Charlottesville, VA 22903

James H. Wyckoff
- Memorial Professor of Education
- 434-924-0842
- jhw4n@virginia.edu
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Ridley Hall 256
PO Box 400879
405 Emmet Street S
Charlottesville, VA 22903
Partner Universities
Norfolk State University
- Derrick Lanois, faculty
- Cassandra Newby-Alexander, dean, College of Liberal Arts
- Chinedu Okala, associate dean
Virginia State University
- Ayana Conway, faculty
- Omar Faison, VPR
- Naha Farhat
- Willis Walter, dean, School of Education
- Isis Walton, dean, College of Graduate Studies

VEST Fellowship Program
Open Doors was initiated in 2021 with funding from the Virginia Education Science Training (VEST) grant from the U.S. Department of Education. The program is also supported by fellows and faculty associated with the VEST program. VEST integrates the use of theoretical models of causal inference from various sciences (e.g., psychology, economics, biostatistics) with research designs, analytic techniques and methods that support causal inferences in studies of school, classroom and program effects.