About CEPEG
Our Mission
Established in 2017, CEPEG is a re-envisioning of the Center on Educational Governance (CEG).
To conduct rigorous, practice-relevant research that advances educational equity for California K-12 students–with an emphasis on greater Los Angeles– and to create partnerships that ensure education policies, practices, and governance structures are guided by evidence and careful analysis.
Key Commitments
1
CONDUCT RESEARCH WITH CONSEQUENCE
2
RESPOND TO THE FIELD
3
MAKE RESEARCH ACCESSIBLE TO ORGANIZATIONS
PRACTITIONERS AND POLICYMAKERS
4
TRAIN THE NEXT GENERATION OF EDUCATIONAL LEADERS
STAFF DIRECTORY
Faculty
Dr. Patricia Burch
pburch@usc.edu
Julie Marsh
julie.marsh@rossier.usc.edu
Morgan Polikoff
polikoff@usc.edu
Darline Robles
dprobles@rossier.usc.edu
Yasemin Copur-Gencturk
copurgen@rossier.usc.edu
Adam Kho
akho@usc.edu
Adrian Huerta
ahhuerta@rossier.usc.edu
David Quinn
quinnd@rossier.usc.edu
Larry Picus
lpicus@lpicus.com
Karen Symms Gallagher
karen.gallagher@usc.edu
Pedro A. Noguera
pnoguera@usc.edu
Rudy M. Castruita
rcastrui@usc.edu
Monique C. Datta
mdatta@usc.edu
Michael Escalante
mescalan@usc.edu
Cathy Krop
krop@usc.edu
Maria G. Ott
mariaott@usc.edu
Research Associates
Akua Nkansah-Amankra nkansaha@usc.edu
Daniel Silver
dsilver@usc.edu
Eupha Jeanne Daramola
daramola@usc.edu
Haley Nelson
hanelson@usc.edu
Isabel Clay
iclay@usc.edu
Jacob Alonso
jacobalo@usc.edu
James Bridgeforth
jbridgef@usc.edu
Jingxian Li
lijingxi@usc.edu
John Ezaki
jezaki@usc.edu
Kate Kennedy
katekenn@usc.edu
Leila Carranza
jc68928@usc.edu
Martin Gamboa
mlgamboa@usc.edu
Michael Fienberg
fienberg@usc.edu
Neha Miglani
nmiglani@usc.edu
Sarah Rabovsky
rabovsky@usc.edu
Tara-Marie Desruisseaux
desruiss@usc.edu
Tasminda Dhaliwal
tdhaliwa@usc.edu
Taylor Enoch-Stevens
enochste@usc.edu
Tong Tong
ttong059@usc.edu
Laura Mulfinger
laura.mulfinger@rossier.usc.edu
Post-Doctoral Fellows
Affiliates
Elizabeth Kim
bkelizak@usc.edu
Jeimee Estrada-Miller
jiestrad@usc.edu
Oscar Jimenez Castellanos
oj_816@usc.edu
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