Eva Baker
Distinguished Professor of Education, Department of Education
Director, National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), UCLA
Director, Center for the Study of Evaluation (CSE), UCLA

Ed.D., Education, 1967, University of California, Los Angeles
M.A., Education, 1965, University of California, Los Angeles

Tom Belin
Professor, Department of Biostatistics
Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences

Ph.D., Statistics, 1991, Harvard University
M.A., Statistics, 1987, Harvard University

Jennie Brand
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology

Ph.D., Sociology, 2004, University of Wisconsin, Madison
M.S., Sociology, 2000, University of Wisconsin, Madison
B.A., Sociology; Philosophy, 1997, University of California, San Diego  

Noel Enyedy
Associate Professor, Department of Education

Ph.D., Education, 2000, Univeristy of California, Berkeley
M.A., Education, 1996, Univeristy of California, Berkeley
B.S., Cognitive Science, 1992, University of California, San Diego   

Megan Franke
Professor, Department of Education
Director, Center X: Where Research & Practice Intersect for Urban School Professionals

Ph.D., 1990, University of Wisconsin, Madison
M.A., 1988, University of Wisconsin, Madison
B.A., 1982, University of California, Santa Cruz   

Todd M. Franke
Associate Professor, Department of Social Welfare

Ph.D., Educational Psychology, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Professor Todd Franke became an affilated faculty member in July 2009!

Research Interests:

Child welfare and adolescent violence; Evaluation and evaluative research; school readiness; health and social service integration and school reform

Patricia Gandara
Professor, Department of Education
Co-director, The Civil Rights Project/Proyecto Derechos Civiles

Research Interests:

My research focuses on educational equity and access for low income and ethnic minority students, language policy and the education of Mexican origin youth.

Ph.D., Educational Psychology, 1979, Univeristy of California, Los Angeles
M.S., Counseling/School Psychology, 1972, CA State University, Los Angeles
B.A., Sociology/English Literature, 1969, University of California, Los Angeles Certificate in Spanish Language and Literature, 1974, Universidad Menéndez-Pelayo, Spain

Rashmita Mistry
Professor, Department of Education / Div of Psychological Studies

Professor Mistry became an affilated faculty member in January, 2009!

Research Interests:

I am interested in the structural influences of poverty, immigration, employment, social policies on family processes (parent mental health, parenting practices) along with child academic and social adjustment. And, children’s emergent beliefs about social and economic inequality, structural (demographic, family, media) influences of such beliefs and associations with child adjustment.

Ph.D., Child Development & Family Relationships, 1999, Univ of Texas, Austin
M.A., Experimental Psychology, 1992, San Jose State University
B.A., Psychology, (Minor: Child Development), 1989, San Jose State University

Gary Orfield
Professor, Department of Education
Co-director, The Civil Rights Project/Proyecto Derechos Civiles

Research Interests:

My research interests are in the study of civil rights, education policy, urban policy and minority opportunity.

Ph.D., Political Science, 1968, Univeristy of Chicago
M.A., Political Science, 1965, Univeristy of Chicago
B.A., 1963, University of Minnesota

Rajesh R. Nandy
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology

Professor Nandy became an affilated faculty member in March 2009!

Research Interests:

My research is primarily centered on the development of novel statistical methods for the analysis of functional MRI (fMRI) data. Currently, I am involved in the implementation of following statistical methods in analyzing fMRI data.

Ph.D., Mathematics, 2001, University of Washinton, Seattle
M.Stat., Indian Statistical Institute, 1994, India
B.Stat., Indian Statistical Institute, 1992, India

Meredith Phillips
Associate Professor, Department of Public Policy & Sociology

Professor Phillips became an affilated faculty member in June 2009!

Research Interests:

Phillips studies the causes and consequences of educational inequality. She is particularly interested in the causes of ethnic and socioeconomic disparities in academic success and how to reduce those disparities.

Ph.D., Sociology, 1998, Northwestern University
M.A., Human Development & Social Policy, 1995, Northwestern University
A.B., Human Biology & Spanish Literature, 1991, Brown University

James Stigler
Professor, Department of Psychology

Ph.D., Developmental Psychology, 1982, University of Michigan
M.A., Developmental Psychology, 1979, University of Michigan
M.S., Education, 1977, University of Pennsylvania
A.B., Religious Studies, 1976, Brown University