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 an intensive five-day Training Institute 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.
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.
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.
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.