Alumni

Kristopher Proctor

Kristopher Proctor is an Assistant Professor of Sociology and Criminology at Avila University. Kris completed a Postdoctoral Fellowship studying postsecondary education at Stanford University. He is interested in US postsecondary school organizational structures, with a particular focus on curricular structures and change. His recent projects have explored interdisciplinary programs, general education requirements, and longitudinal changes in the prevalence of curricular fields.

Kendra Bischoff

Kendra Bischoff is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Cornell University. Kendra completed both a Postdoctoral Fellowship in 2012 and her Ph.D. in Sociology in 2011 at Stanford University. Her research focuses on the causes and consequences of racial and economic segregation in neighborhoods and schools, the effect of school context on student outcomes, and civic engagement among disadvantaged youth. Her dissertation examined the academic and social effects of an interdistrict desegregation program on program participants.

Michelle's Biography

Michelle Reininger (reininger@stanford.edu) is an Assistant Professor (Research) and the Executive Director of the Center for Education Policy Analysis. She returns to Stanford, where she received a PhD in the economics of education and an MA in economics, from her position as an Assistant Professor of Human Development and Social Policy and Learning Sciences at Northwestern University and a Faculty Fellow at the Institute for Policy Research. At Northwestern, Reininger studied the dynamics of teacher and principal labor markets including preparation, recruitment, and retention. She is currently involved in two longitudinal studies of the career paths of teachers and principals in the Chicago Public School System. Her work has been funded by the Spencer Foundation, the American Education Research Association, and the Joyce Foundation. A former chemistry teacher, Reininger has also received an MA in education policy from the University of Virginia.

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