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.
Vision Grant Awardees
Congratulations to Our Vision Grant Awardees
Learn More- Sergio L. Sanchez University of California, Davis
- Araceli Feliz California State University, Sacramento
- Pia Wong California State University, Sacramento
- Joanna Wong California State University, Sacramento
- Suzanne Garcia-Mateus California State University, Monterey Bay
- Ilana Umansky University of Oregon
- Elizabeth Aguirre Natomas Unified School District
- Eduardo de León Sacramento City Unified School District
- Fabienne Doucet New York University
- Cheri Fancsali New York University
- Lydia Franco New York University
- Rose Pierre-Louis, Esq McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and Research at New York University
- James Rodriguez McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and Research at New York University
- Anthony Salerno McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and Research at New York University
- Nantasha Williams New York City Council Member
- Vincent Cho Boston College
- Jason C. Yip University of Washington
- Alex J. Bowers Teachers College, Columbia University
- Suleman Shahid Lahore University of Management Sciences in Pakistan
- Tom Yeh University of Colorado, Boulder
- Hadis Anahideh University of Illinois at Chicago
- Kathe Pelletier Director of Teaching and Learning at EDUCAUSE
- Darius Taylor AIHEC
- Sharon Nelson-Barber WestEd
- Bhaskar Upadhyay University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
- Gene-Hua Crystal Ng University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
- Joseph K. Bump University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
- Karen Brown University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
- Maria Bianet Castellanos University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
- William Freeman Northwest Indian College, AIHEC
- Forest Isabell University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
- Carrie Billy AIHEC
- Jennifer Jellison Holme The University of Texas at Austin
- Richard Lofton Johns Hopkins University
- Olivia C. Marcucci Johns Hopkins University
- Annette Anderson Johns Hopkins University
- Rebecca A. Cruz Johns Hopkins University
- Jason Jabbari Washington University in St. Louis
- William Rodick The Education Trust
- Yung Chun Washington University in St. Louis
- Ross Wiener The Aspen Institute
- Emily Richmond Education Writers Association
- Maithreyi Gopalan The Pennsylvania State University
- Lorén Cox The Aspen Institute
- Aisha Griffith University of Illinois at Chicago
- Tom Akiva University of Pittsburgh
- Horatio Blackman National Urban League
- Nancy Deutsch University of Virginia
- Michael Gregory Virginia Department of Education
- Georgia Hall National Institute on Out-of-School Time
- Bill Hazel Claude Moore Charitable Foundation
- Deborah Moroney American Institues for Research
- Corliss Outley Clemson University
- Ashlee Sjogren University of Virginia
- Nikki Yamashiro Afterschool Alliance
- Faith Zabek University of Virginia
- Marcia Leenen-Young The University of Auckland
- Cherie Chu-Fuluifaga Victoria University of Wellington
- David McMillon Emory University
- Eduardo Bonilla Silva Duke University
- Nancy Lopez University of New Mexico
- Jennifer Randall University of Michigan
- Sarah Szanton Johns Hopkins University
- Elizabeth Aparicio University of Maryland at College Park
- Janet Max Healthy Teen Network
- Abby Reisman University of Pennsylvania
- Tiferet Ani University of Pennsylvania
- Ismael Jimenez School District of Philadelphia
- Yamali Rodriguez-Gruger Chicago Public Schools
- Mike Africa Jr. The MOVE Organization
- Alice Kim University of Chicago
- Bethany Lyn Letiecq George Mason University
- Rochelle R. Davidson Mhonde George Mason University
- Jung Yeon Park George Mason University
- Joan Lombardi Stanford University
- Julie Mendez Smith University of North Carolina, Greensboro
- Heather Thomas-Wyche Fairfax County Family Council for Equity in Early Childhood
- Flor Phillips Fairfax County Government
- Nardos King Fairfax County Public Schools
- Betsy DeMulder George Mason University
- James “J.T.” Timothy Roane Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
- Justin Hosbey University of California, Berkeley
- Jayson Maurice Porter University of Maryland at College Park
- Danielle Purifoy The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
- Esme Greene Murdock San Diego State University
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