Vision Grants Awardees

Vision Grant Awardees

Vision Grant Awardees

Congratulations to Our Vision Grant Awardees

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Congratulations to our Vision Grant Awardees! Each team will receive up to $75,000 to collaboratively develop ambitious, large-scale research projects focused on transforming educational systems toward greater equity. This program takes as core that visionary, interdisciplinary, and collaborative research projects require time, space, and thoughtfulness to incubate and plan. In addition to those named in the proposals listed below, teams are partnering with a wide range of organizations to co-design their vision and projects. These include schools and districts, community-based organizations, higher education institutions, parent coalitions and a wide range of other organizations.

  • Rebecca Tarlau Stanford University
  • Rodolfo Ambiel Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas
  • Uschi Backes-Gellner University of Zurich
  • Cíntia Diallo Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul
  • Sergio Firpo Insper Institute of Education and Research
  • Arminio Fraga
  • Michael França Insper Institute of Education and Research
  • Rafael Gioelli
  • Ana Inoue Itaú Foundation
  • Raquel Nonato Itaú Foundation
  • Alysson Portella Insper Institute of Education and Research
  • Maria Thereza Rios Hortencio Stanford University
  • Daniel Santos University of São Paulo
  • Aléssio Trindade

  • Keisha Allen University of Maryland at College Park
  • Meghan Comstock University of Maryland at College Park
  • Liliana M. Garces University of Texas at Austin
  • Rossina Zamora Liu University of Maryland at College Park
  • Ebony Terrell Shockley University of Maryland at College Park
  • Janelle Wong University of Maryland at College Park
  • Anurima Bhargava Anthem of Us
  • Mayah Lubin Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under the Law
  • Michaele N. Turnage Young Equal Protection Initiative at the Legal Defense Fund

  • Joseph Ferrare University of Washington, Bothell
  • Huriya Jabbar University of Southen California
  • Wayne Au Rethinking Schools
  • Joshua Chids University of Texas at Austin
  • Jonathan Friedman PEN America
  • Liliana Garces University of Texas at Austin
  • Manuel González Canché University of Pennsylvania
  • Emily Greytak American Civil Liberties Union
  • Jalaya Liles Dunn Southern Poverty Law Center
  • Rachel Perera Brookings
  • Dinorah Sanchez Loza Ohio State University
  • Chloe Sikes Intercultural Development Research Association
  • Dana Thompson Dorsey University of Florida
  • Leah Watson American Civil Liberties Union

  • Vicki Been New York University
  • Ingrid Ellen New York University
  • Moira O'Neill University of Virginia
  • Carolina Reid University of California, Berkeley

  • Erilynn T. Heinrichsen University of California, San Diego
  • Carolyn Hofstetter University of California, San Diego
  • Fan Huang University of California, San Diego
  • Stanley M. Lo University of California, San Diego
  • Fabriziio D. Meija University of California, Berkeley
  • Judy Nguyen Stanford University
  • Raymond F. Budelman Independent
  • Colin Gerker-Junsay University of California, Berkeley
  • Douglas Holton Hillsborough Community College
  • Christopher T. Hunn University of California, Berkeley
  • Daniel Mann University of California, Irvine
  • Vanessa S. Na University of California, San Diego
  • Liza Schlosser Olroyd University of California, Berkeley
  • Richard J. Patz National Council of Measurement in Education / University of California, Berkeley
  • Isela Peña-Rager University of California, Berkeley
  • Marcos Antonio Ramos University of California, Berkeley
  • Carolyn L. Sandoval University of California, San Diego
  • Brian Sato University of California, Irvine
  • Beth Tipton Northwestern University
  • Linda von Hoene University of California, Berkeley

  • Aditi Rajendran University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
  • Christopher Thyberg Augsburg University
  • Kara Beckman University of Minnesota Medical Center
  • Shawn Davenport St. Paul Public Schools
  • Malaika Eban Legal Rights Center
  • Brian Lozenski Macalester College
  • Carol Markham-Cousins Minneapolis Public Schools (former Principal)
  • Marika Pfefferkorn Midwest Center for School Transformation
  • Raj Sethuraju Metropolitan State University
  • Talaya Tolefree Koinonia Leadership Academy
  • Jim Yang St. Paul Public Schools

  • Jonathan Collins Teachers College, Columbia University
  • Elizabeth Farley-Ripple University of Delaware
  • Ain A. Grooms University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • David Houston George Mason University
  • Rachel White University of Tennessee Knoxville

  • Alecia Magnifico University of New Hampshire
  • Ruth Wharton-McDonald University of New Hampshire
  • Jessie Bell Hill Public Schools (NH) - SAU 103
  • Tomasen Carey University of New Hampshire
  • Emilie Coppinger Education Department, University of New Hampshire
  • Jayashree Dutta Portsmouth Public Schools (NH) - SAU 52
  • MariCecile Frederique-Streitburger Parkside School, Manchester School District
  • Natalie Lacerino-Paquette WestEd
  • Laura Nickerson Leitzel Center, University of New Hampshire
  • Christina Ortmeier-Hooper University of New Hampshire
  • Lyn Pittendreigh Exeter Public Schools (NH) - SAU 16
  • Laura Smith University of New Hampshire

  • Margarita Azmitia University of California, Santa Cruz
  • Catherine Cooper University of California, Santa Cruz
  • Maria Cadenas Ventures
  • Christine Chopra Santa Cruz County College and Career Collaborative
  • Debra Kaczmar Hartnell College
  • Ralph Goméz Porras Monterey County Office of Education
  • Miguel Tirado California State University, Monterey Bay

  • Anupam Ahuja SwaTaleem Foundation
  • Payal Shah University of South Carolina
  • Rukmini Banerji Pratham
  • Sohini Bhattacharya Breakthrough
  • Manjula G.S. Government of Karnataka
  • Antara Ganguli U.N. Girls’ Education Initiative
  • Melissa Rae Goodnight University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Kalpana Rashmi Guar Government of India
  • Rodney Hopson American University
  • Dhir Jhingran Language and Learning Foundation (affiliated with the Government of India)
  • Vaibhav Kumar SwaTaleem Foundation
  • Anju Malhotra Johns Hopkins Univeristy, and advisor to the World Bank
  • Vimala Ramachandran Former policymaker and educator
  • Sarvendra Kumar Singh State Council for Education Research and Training
  • Vishnu Swaminathan Nourishing Schools Foundation
  • Priya Varadarajan Co-Impact