3rd Cohort: 2010-2011
Two-Year Fellows
Karly Sarita Ford is a 5th year doctoral candidate in the Sociology of Education Program at NYU, where her advisor and IES-PIRT research mentor is Richard Arum. She studied sociology and education as an undergraduate at Swarthmore College and has a masters in International Education from Harvard GSE. Karly's dissertation work explores changing patterns of educational homogamy.
Daisy R. Jackson is an advanced doctoral student in the Counseling Psychology program at New York University (NYU). She received her MA in Educational Psychology in 2007 from NYU, and her BA in Psychology at Tulane University. Ms. Jackson is a fourth year fellow through the Institute for Education Sciences Predoctoral Interdisciplinary Research Training fellow (IES-PIRT). As part of her research training, she has engaged in community collaborative research to adapt and study mental health and educational intervention models for high poverty urban schools. Ms. Jackson has a particular interest in peer aggression and neuropsychological functioning as it relates to children’s interactions and relationships with peers. As part of her clinical training, Daisy has worked at the NYU Child Study Center where she conducted assessments and empirically based treatment for children with learning difficulties and disruptive behavior disorders. Currently, Ms. Jackson works at the Columbia University Center for Anxiety Related Disorders where she conducts individual cognitive behavioral therapy with children, adolescents, and adults with anxiety disorders.
Johanna Lacoe is a 4th year doctoral student at the Wagner School at NYU. Her dissertation research is on the impact of exposure to neighborhood crime, social disorder, and the juvenile justice system on the educational outcomes of urban youth. She is also a fellow at the Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy at NYU. Prior to entering the doctoral program, Johanna worked as a researcher at Social Policy Research Associates in Oakland, CA, and Esperanza/Hope, a project of the Vera Institute of Justice in New York City. She earned her MPA from NYU Wagner in 2008. Her advisor is Ingrid Gould Ellen and her IES-PIRT research mentor is Patrick Sharkey.
2nd Cohort: 2009-2010
Two-Year Fellows
Juliette Berg is a 6th year Doctoral Student in Applied Psychology at NYU Steinhardt.
Her research focuses onschool-based and community-based prevention programming in low-income neighborhoods; contextual influences on children’s social-emotional adjustment; social and educational policies. She is originally from Westchester, NY. Her dissertation will examine key dimensions of school settings obtained from multiple perspectives in the context of a whole-school social-emotional and literacy intervention and their impact on child academic and social-emotional outcomes.
Larry Aber is Juliette’s advisor and Pamela Morris is her IES-PIRT mentor.
Erin Cocke is a 6th year Doctoral student in the Sociology of Education program at the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development at NYU. Her primary areas of interest are education policy analysis and quantitative methods. Her interest in education policy was cultivated while she was a public school teacher in North Carolina, teaching in both kindergarten and Head Start classrooms.
Despite moving frequently throughout her childhood, Erin now calls Chapel Hill, North Carolina home and visits often. Her dissertation focuses on schools as organizations and teacher career paths.
Sean Corcoran is Erin’s advisor and Marc Scott is her IES-PIRT research mentor.
Emily Rauscher is a 6th year Doctoral student in the Sociology Department at NYU. Her research focuses on Stratification, Education, and Adolescence. Originally from Central New York State (near the tiny town of Eaton and in the snow belt), she has since travelled enough to appreciate its weather. Her dissertation will explore the relationship between compulsory schooling and social mobility at the turn of the century. Following multiple cohorts over time, it will question the link between educational attainment and labor market outcomes as a given level of education becomes nearly universal.
Dalton Conley is Emily’s advisor and Florencia Torche is her IES-PIRT research mentor.
1st Cohort: 2008-2009
Two-Year Fellows
Karen McFadden is a 6th year doctoral candidate in the Department of Applied Psychology at NYU, where her advisor is Catherine Tamis-LeMonda and her IES-PIRT research mentor is Pamela Morris. She is originally from the Northeast and has since lived in a number of places around the U.S., but enjoys the diversity of New York. Her dissertation will explore the relationship between father involvement over time and children’s school readiness. Looking across types of father-child interactions and the first years of life, it will identify the strongest links to beneficial outcomes as children prepare to enter kindergarten.
Melissa Velez is a 7th year doctoral student in the Sociology Department at NYU. Her research interests include stratification and education. Born in Manhattan, Melissa spent most of her youth across the river in New Jersey before returning to New York after college graduation. Her dissertation examines differences in how children use their time and how this impacts academic outcomes.
Richard Arum is her advisor and Dalton Conley is her IES-PIRT research mentor.
Four -Year Fellows
Jake Leos-Urbel is a 4th year doctoral student at the Wagner School at NYU. His research interests focus on education, and child and youth policy. Prior to NYU, he worked at The Urban Institute and The After-School Corporation, was a Peace Corps volunteer in Namibia, and received an MPA from Princeton University. His advisor and IES-PIRT research mentor is Amy Ellen Schwartz.
Doreet Rebecca Preiss is a 5th year doctoral student in the Sociology Department at NYU. Originally from Rochester, New York, she taught high school French in the Mississippi Delta as a Teach for America corps member and completed a Fulbright teaching assistantship in Paris before settling in New York City. With Richard Arum, she is currently working on a manuscript that explores student understandings of their due process rights and their associations with students' perceptions of school disciplinary climates.
Richard Arum is her IES-PIRT research advisor and Lawrence Wu is her IES-PIRT mentor.