U-GAIN Reading

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Principal Investigators

Jeremy Roschelle
Digital Promise
Pei Zhang
MDRC
Mark Angel
Amira Learning
Ryan Baker
University of Pennsylvania
Mark Liberman
University of Pennsylvania
Lyle Ungar
University of Pennsylvania

R&D Center Staff

Byeong Hyeon So
MDRC
Researcher
Danny Collum
Amira Learning
Engineering Project Lead 
Joshua Ddamulira
Digital Promise
Project Manager
Ximena Dominguez
Digital Promise
Learner Research Lead

 
Denise DiPersio
University of Pennsylvania
IRB and Data Sharing Lead
Alan Gee
Amira Learning
Data Scientist


Judi Fusco
Digital Promise
Educator Communities Lead
Richard Hendra
MDRC
Senior Quantitative Analyst
Peter Jungwirth
Amira Learning
Engineering Lead
Danae Kamdar
Digital Promise
Early Learner Researcher
Seth Kulick 
University of Pennsylvania
Linguistics/NLP Researcher 
Tiffany Leones
Digital Promise
Early Learner Researcher
Gabrielle Lue
Digital Promise
Communications Lead
 Ran Lui
Amira Learning
Data Liaison Lead
Brooke Mabry
Amira Learning
Product Design Lead
Jaclyn Ocumpaugh
University of Pennsylvania
Researcher
Bennett Otten
MDRC
Researcher
Adam Porsch
Amira Learning
Operations Lead
Kristen Porter
MDRC
Data Manager
Yenda Prado
Digital Promise
National Leadership Lead
Pati Ruiz
Digital Promise
National Ed-Tech Lead
Neville Ryant
University of Pennsylvania
Linguistics/ASR Lead
Stefani Pautz Stephenson
Digital Promise
Teacher Research Lead
Kirk Vanacore
University of Pennsylvania
Researcher
Xin Wei
Digital Promise
Senior Quantitative Researcher

National Leadership Cohort

Katherine Adler
Orcutt Union School District
Teacher on Special Assignment
Patricia “Pat” Dennis
Orange Public Schools
School Library Media Specialist
Brooke Falck
Indian Prairie School District
ESL Teacher
Kristen Flores
Westminster School District
Reading Intervention Teacher
Denise Gimenez-Duvall
Cabarrus County Schools (NC)
ESL Teacher
Morgan Herman
Talladega County Schools
Technology Coach
Danielle Hinkel
Iowa City Public Schools
ELL Teacher
Orchid Roca
Westminster School District
Dual Immersion Teacher
Lauren Rosado
Allentown School District
Reading Specialist
Melissa “Missy” Smith
Allentown School District
ED of Learning & Teaching
Kristen Vargo
Quakertown Community School District
Instructional Coach

Reading Science, Ethics, and National Leadership Advisors

Ana Taboada Barber
University of Maryland
María Carlo
University of South Florida
Nell Duke
Stand for Children
Nidhi Hebbar
Edtech Equity Project
Kristina Ishmael
Ishmael Consulting
Madison Jacobs
Edtech Equity Project
Erin Mote
InnovateEDU
Tanya Wright
University of Michigan

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The research reported here was supported by the Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education, through Grant R305C240040 to Digital Promise Global. The opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not represent views of the Institute or the U.S. Department of Education.