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Julia McWilliams

Emerging Scholar Julia McWilliams

Co-Director of the Urban Studies Program, Urban Studies Program, School of Arts and Sciences

Julie McWilliams is a 4th year PhD candidate at UPenn’s Graduate School of Education pursuing a joint-degree in education and cultural anthropology. Her research lies at the intersection of urban education reform, race, and immigration. She is currently writing a dissertation about the impact of the school closure policy on the social and organizational dynamics of a neighborhood high school slated for closure in Philadelphia. Alongside her dissertation, she is also studying the effects of education reform in Philadelphia on the academic transitions of recently resettled refugee populations. Prior to graduate school she received a BA in political economy from Princeton University and then spent several years teaching Lao youth in a small Australian college in Vientiane, Laos.

Scholar Daniel Campo

Associate Professor, City and Regional Planning, Morgan State University Chair, Department of Graduate Built Environment Studies, Morgan State University

Article September 8, 2014 Teacher Evaluation Reform: Building Research to Inform Policy Penn IUR Faculty Fellow Matthew Steinberg writes about teacher evaluation reform and the importance of building research to inform policy. Matthew Steinberg Anchor Institutions

Scholar Meagan Ehlenz

Associate Professor, School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning, Arizona State University

Housing Anchor Institutions

Affiliated PhD Student Daniel Stuckey

Doctoral Candidate in Education Policy, University of Pennsylvania

Emerging Scholar Cameron Anglum

Assistant Professor, College of Education, Lehigh University

State & Local Finance

Fellow Claire Robertson-Kraft

Founder and Executive Director, ImpactED

Faculty Fellow Wendell Pritchett

James S. Riepe Presidential Professor of Law and Education

Urban Development Housing + 2

Fellow Sarah Rosen Wartell

President, Urban Institute

Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development + 2

Scholar Jesse Rothstein

The Carmel P. Friesen Professor of Public Policy and Professor of Economics, University of California Berkeley Director, California Policy Lab

State & Local Finance

Scholar Rucker C. Johnson

Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy, Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California Berkeley

Scholar Carolyn Chernoff

Cultural Worker

Scholar Matthew Steinberg

Managing Director, Research and Evaluation, Accelerate

Faculty Fellow Heather Sharkey

Professor of Modern Middle Eastern and North African History, Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations, School of Arts and Sciences

Urban Development

Faculty Fellow Laura Perna

GSE Centennial Presidential Professor of Education Vice Provost for Faculty Executive Director, Penn AHEAD

Urban Development State & Local Finance + 1

Faculty Fellow Ira Harkavy

Barbara and Edward Netter Director, Netter Center for Community Partnerships, Netter Center for Community Partnerships

Anchor Institutions

Faculty Fellow Kathleen Hall

Associate Professor Emerita of Education and Anthropology, Graduate School of Education

Faculty Fellow Camille Zubrinsky Charles

Professor of Sociology, Africana Studies, and Education, School of Arts and Sciences

Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development + 1

Article February 1, 2013 Addressing the Education-Workforce Mismatch: Preparing Students for Success in Today’s Economy All too often, young people in our country enter the job market without the skills and knowledge they need to succeed in today’s workforce. State & Local Finance Anchor Institutions

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