{"id":102,"date":"2023-01-23T01:40:53","date_gmt":"2023-01-23T01:40:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lab.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/golann-lab\/?page_id=102"},"modified":"2024-05-22T18:08:29","modified_gmt":"2024-05-22T18:08:29","slug":"people","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lab.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/golann-lab\/people\/","title":{"rendered":"People"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lead Researcher<\/h1>\n

\"\"\u00a0<\/span>Joanne W. Golann<\/h3>\n

Joanne W. Golann is an Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Education and an Assistant Professor of Sociology (secondary appointment) at Vanderbilt University. Trained as a sociologist and an ethnographer, she seeks to understand how culture shapes educational policy and practice. She\u00a0<\/strong>is committed to listening and learning from others, and wants her students to develop a critical lens and a sense of empathy when evaluating educational policies and programs.<\/p>\n

Dr. Golann received a Ph.D. in Sociology from Princeton University. She received a master\u2019s degree in social sciences from the University of Chicago and a bachelor\u2019s degree in English from Amherst College. She also is a recipient of the National Academy of Education\/Spencer Dissertation Fellowship.<\/p>\n

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Research Assistants<\/h1>\n

Graduate Students<\/h2>\n

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Catherine Duggan<\/h3>\n

Catherine Duggan is a doctoral student in the Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations at Vanderbilt University\u2019s Peabody College. Prior to enrolling in the Ph.D. program, she served in a variety of roles focusing on students with disabilities. She was a special educator for KIPP Charter Schools in New York City and in Nashville. Catherine worked as an Educational Consultant for the Special Education Department here at Peabody College. Most recently, she worked with Tennessee\u2019s Vocational Rehabilitation as a Pre-Employment Transition Service Provider. Her research interests center around student transitions from high school into postsecondary success, particularly for students with high-incidence disabilities.<\/p>\n

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Maria Maria Castillo<\/h3>\n

Maria Maria Castillo is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations at Vanderbilt University. Maria is interested in K-12 finance and examining how policies and interventions can improve mathematical learning outcomes and educational experiences for low-income students of color.<\/p>\n

Before graduate school, Maria served as an AmeriCorps member on the admission team at Breakthrough New York. She was then a graduate coordinator for the Women in STEM program at Harvard College. Maria has worked on several research projects ranging from Latinx parental engagement and linguistic and cultural diversity to a more recent independent study focused on understanding how Title I funds reach schools in New York and examining its intended impact.\u00a0Maria earned her bachelor\u2019s degree in mathematics from Mount Holyoke College and her Ed.M. in Teacher Education from The Harvard Graduate School of Education.<\/p>\n

Undergraduate Students<\/h2>\n

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Kanoe Bonilla<\/h3>\n

Kanoe Bonilla is a sophomore at Vanderbilt majoring in Child Development with a double minor in Neuroscience and History of Art. She is involved in Vanderbilt Volunteers for Health and the Philippine Intercultural Student Organization as the secretary. Kanoe is interested in the effects of caregiver-child interactions and its intersection with neurological constraints on kindergarten readiness\/academic performance. Through NJFS, she is excited to uncover the factors that influence parent-children negotiations. After her time at Vanderbilt, Kanoe aspires to go to medical school to become a specialized pediatrician.<\/p>\n

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Emma Bufkin<\/h3>\n

Emma is a junior majoring in Child Studies and Political Science. Emma is also a part of the Vanderbilt Fusion Project, which is a cross-discipline organization working towards designing and constructing a small-scale IEC device. Emma has also been involved in programs to help tutor elementary school students\u00a0a few times a week. Emma is interested in a career in child advocacy, so through the project, Emma would like to explore effective parent-child relationships to be able to apply that knowledge in my future career path.<\/p>\n

Former Lab Members<\/h2>\n

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Kara P.M. Brennan<\/h3>\n

PhD Research Assistant (\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0)<\/p>\n

Peabody Program:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Leadership, Policy, and Organizational Studies<\/span><\/p>\n

NJFS Project(s):<\/strong> Food Negotiation<\/p>\n

Current Role:\u00a0<\/strong>Director of Student Support Services at Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education<\/p>\n

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Angelina Ma<\/h3>\n

Undergraduate Research Assistant (2022-2023)<\/span><\/p>\n

Peabody Program:\u00a0<\/strong>Bachelor of Science in Child Studies<\/span><\/p>\n

NJFS Project(s):<\/strong> Food Negotiation<\/p>\n

Current Role:\u00a0<\/strong>Undergraduate student at Vanderbilt University<\/p>\n

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\"\"\u00a0Monica (Yumeng) Shen<\/h3>\n

Undergraduate Research Assistant (2022-2024)<\/span><\/p>\n

Peabody Program:\u00a0<\/strong>Bachelor of Science in Child Development and Cognitive Studies<\/span><\/p>\n

NJFS Project(s):<\/strong> Food Negotiation<\/p>\n

Current Role:\u00a0PhD Student in Cognitive Science at UC San Diego<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Grace (Yukun) Xu<\/h3>\n

Undergraduate Research Assistant (2022-2024)<\/span><\/p>\n

Peabody Program:\u00a0<\/strong>Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education and Child Development.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

NJFS Project(s):<\/strong> Food Negotiation<\/p>\n

Current Role:\u00a0<\/strong>Masters Student in Learning Design and Technology at Stanford University<\/span><\/p>\n

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Sheila Chau<\/h3>\n

Undergraduate Research Assistant (2023-2024) <\/span><\/p>\n

Peabody Program:\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0Bachelors of Arts in English and Anthropology\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

NJFS Project(s):<\/strong> Food Negotiation<\/p>\n

Current Role:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rich Hall<\/h3>\n

PhD Research Assistant (2017-2022)<\/span><\/p>\n

Peabody Program:<\/strong> Leadership, Policy, and Organizational Studies<\/span><\/p>\n

Current Role:<\/strong> Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Saint Louis University-School of Education<\/span><\/p>\n

Erin Smith<\/h3>\n

Graduate Research Assistant (2020-2022)<\/span><\/p>\n

Peabody Program:<\/strong> Masters of Public Policy, Education Policy\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Current Role<\/strong>: Research Associate at SRI International<\/span><\/p>\n

Elsie Kindall<\/h3>\n

Graduate Research Assistant (2021-2022)<\/span><\/p>\n

Peabody Program:<\/strong> Masters of Public Policy, Educational Policy<\/span><\/p>\n

Current Role:<\/strong> Masters of Public Policy Student<\/span><\/p>\n

Susanna Harpold<\/h3>\n

Undergraduate Research Assistant (2021)<\/span><\/p>\n

Peabody Program:<\/strong> Bachelors of Science, Human and Organizational Development<\/span><\/p>\n

Current Role:<\/strong>\u00a0Higher Education Consultant\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Tracy Luan<\/h3>\n

Undergraduate Research Assistant (2021-2022)<\/span><\/p>\n

Peabody Program:<\/strong> Bachelors of Science, Human and Organizational Development<\/span><\/p>\n

Current Role:<\/strong> Masters of International Comparative Education at Stanford University<\/span><\/p>\n

Taqiyyah Elliot<\/h3>\n

Graduate Research Assistant (2019-2020)<\/span><\/p>\n

Peabody Program:<\/strong> Masters of Education, Community Development and Action<\/span><\/p>\n

Current Role:<\/strong> Young Adult Trainer\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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