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

Morgan Polikoff
polikoff@usc.edu

Yasemin Copur-Gencturk
copurgen@rossier.usc.edu

Adam Kho
akho@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

Marsha B. Riggio
mriggio@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

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

Post-Doctoral Fellows

Dwuana Bradley
dwuanabr@usc.edu

Shira Haderlein
shirakor@usc.edu

Affiliates

Elizabeth Kim
bkelizak@usc.edu

Jeimee Estrada-Miller
jiestrad@usc.edu

Oscar Jimenez Castellanos
oj_816@usc.edu

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