CTE Research Training Institute Classes

CTE Research Training Institute Classes
Join us in congratulating the researchers who have completed our Career and Technical Education (CTE) Research Training Institute! Our Network hosts intensive five-day Training Institutes each summer to prepare the next generation of CTE researchers. A small class size allows for regular interaction with instructors, and applicants who are selected to attend receive a stipend and a certificate of completion from the Institute of Education Sciences at the U.S. Department of Education.
Zoom screen capture showing small photos of the 2020 Training Institute participants and facilitators
2020 Training
Institute Class
  • Nicassia Belton, Maryland State Department of Education
  • Vandeen Campbell, City University of New York
  • Rooney Columbus, University of Michigan
  • Daniel Corral, Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto
  • Jeffrey Fletcher, Iowa Department of Education
  • Jennifer Freeman, University of California, Santa Barbara
  • Misti Jeffers, Brandeis University
  • Erin Knepler, National Opinion Research Center (NORC), University of Chicago
  • Matthew Lenard, Harvard University
  • Pierre Lucien, Massachusetts Department of Elementary & Secondary Education
  • Nicholas Miller, Temple University
  • Nicholas Minar, NAF
  • Avery Newton, American Student Assistance Organization
  • Sean M. Owen, Mississippi State University
  • Manish Parmar, NY City Department of Education
  • Sam Riggs, Penn State/Education Northwest
  • Sam Unruh, State of North Dakota Information Technology
  • Jackson Yan, University of California, Davis

Note: Trainees' names and affiliations are shown as they were at the time of the Training Institute.

Zoom screen capture showing small photos of the 2021 Training Institute participants and facilitators
2021 Training Institute Class
  • Jeffrey Ben Matu, Penn State University
  • Audrey Boochever, University of California, Davis
  • Victor Cadilla, North Carolina State University
  • Sugene Cho-Baker, Educational Testing Service
  • Gresham D. Collom, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
  • Heather Epstein-Diaz, Florida State University
  • Jane Furey, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  • Blake Heller, Harvard University
  • Abisoye Igenoza, Dallas Independent School District
  • Lindsay Leasor, Community College Research Center, Teachers College
  • Rosemary McBride, Laramie County Community College
  • Daniel Parker, University of Arkansas
  • Magen Rooney, University of Missouri-St. Louis
  • Mariam Saffar Perez, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Gabriela Sanchez-Soto, Houston Education Research Consortium, Rice University
  • Katherine Stewart, Maryland State Department of Education
  • Hongwook Suh, University of Virginia/Old Dominion University
  • James D. Weese, University of Arkansas

Note: Trainees' names and affiliations are shown as they were at the time of the Training Institute.

Zoom screen capture showing small photos of the 2022 Training Institute participants and facilitators
2022 Training Institute Class
  • Sarah Cashdollar, University of Illinois
  • Kristin Corkhill, Georgia Piedmont Technical College
  • Michelle Dixon, MDRC
  • Mary Elmer Esquivel, North Carolina Dept. of Public Instruction
  • Elc Estrera, Wake County Public School System
  • Clare Flack, New York University
  • Christos Giannoulis, Valencia College
  • Kyle Gray, University of Pennsylvania
  • Gail Headley, University of Delaware
  • Donya Karimi, Office of Financial Management
  • Natasha Keces, Tufts University
  • Alyssa Nguyen, University of California - Davis
  • Cory Ortiz, Utah State University
  • Fiorella Penaloza, University of Hawai'i System
  • Janet Solis Rodriguez, University of Texas - Austin
  • Dawn A Rowe, East Tennessee University
  • Albion Sumrell, Linked Learning Alliance
  • Brooke Thiel, North Dakota State University
  • Xue Xing, University of Nevada - Las Vegas
  • So Yoon Yoon, University of Cincinnati

Note: Trainees' names and affiliations are shown as they were at the time of the Training Institute.

Zoom screen capture showing small photos of the 2023 Training Institute participants and facilitators
2023 Training Institute Class
  • Amanda Bastoni, CAST
  • Amy Arneson, UChicago Consortium on School Research
  • Blake Colclasure, University of Tennessee
  • Caleb Thompson, Ohio State University
  • Courtney Francis, Florida Department of Education, Office of CTE Quality
  • David Torres-Mendoza, ETR Associates
  • Emily Smail, North Carolina Community College System
  • Grant Sim, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • James Birkett, NC State University
  • Jennifer Filosa, University of Maryland Baltimore County; Baltimore County Public Schools
  • Jillianne Leufgen, Foundation for California Community Colleges
  • Katherine Bromley, University of Oregon
  • Katie Pullom, University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education
  • Lindsay Wood, Ingham Intermediate School District
  • Mandana Nakhai, CareerWise
  • Matthew Bornak,Pennsylvania State University
  • Nolan Combs, Tennessee Higher Education Commission
  • Renata Ticha, University of Minnesota
  • Rosemary Riccardo, Pennsylvania Department of Education; Pennsylvania State University
  • Thomas Torre Gibney, WestEd
  • Tom Keily, Education Commission of the States
  • Tori Thomas, Houston Education Research Consortium at Rice University

Note: Trainees' names and affiliations are shown as they were at the time of the Training Institute.