Funded Research
2021-2023. Understanding State Investments in Workforce Development. NAED/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship. $70,000. Principal Investigator.
2020-2025. Does Federal Work Study Work for Students? Institute for Education Sciences. $2,790,750. Co-Principal Investigator with Judith Scott-Clayton (PI) and Thomas Brock (Co-PI).
2020-2022. Improving Vertical Transfer for Community College Students: Learning from Student Voices. William T. Grant Foundation Mentoring Grant. $65,000. Principal Investigator with Hidahis Mesa.
2019-2024. Does Federal Work Study Work for Students? The Laura and John Arnold Foundation. $696,418. Co-Principal Investigator with Judith Scott-Clayton (PI) and Thomas Brock (Co-PI).
2019-2024. How does working while enrolled affect the academic and labor-market outcomes of low-income college students? William T. Grant Foundation Scholars Award. $350,000. Principal Investigator.
2019-2021. How did funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act affect the capacity and quality of vocational programs at community colleges? American Education Research Association. $35,000. Principal Investigator.
2015. College Competition: The Effects of the Expansion of For-Profit Colleges on Student Enrollment and Outcomes at Public Community Colleges. American Education Research Association Dissertation Grant. $20,000. Principal Investigator.
2014-2016. Understanding and Reducing Loan Aversion among High School and Adult Students: An Experimental Analysis. Lumina Foundation. $316,600. Investigator, with Angela Boatman (Co-PI) and Brent Evans (Co-PI).
2013-2014. Exploring New Models of Passive Student Loan Repayment. Lumina Foundation. $75,000. Co-Principal Investigator with Angela Boatman (Co-PI) and Brent Evans (Co-PI).
2012. Does Aid Matter for Community College Students? The Effect of the Loss of the Ohio College Opportunity Grant on Student GPA, Credits Earned and Year-to-Year Persistence. Harvard Graduate School of Education Summer Research Grant. $3,000. Principal Investigator.