NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Assistant Professor of Economics
- Assistant Professor University of Texas - Dallas
Camila Morales is an Assistant Professor of Economics in the School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences at the University of Texas at Dallas and a Faculty Affiliate with the Georgia Policy Labs. She received a PhD in Economics from Georgia State University where she worked with the Metro Atlanta Policy Lab for Education. Dr. Morales studies the impact of immigration policies on the labor market outcomes of young adults, and the efficacy of school-level programs and peer interactions on the academic achievement of immigrants/refugees and multilingual learners.
Job Titles:
- Professor Northwestern University / Associate Vice President for Research at Northwestern University 's Office of Research
Emma Adam is a developmental psychologist with an interest in applying theory and research on human development to informing policies and programs aimed at improving the wellbeing of children, adolescents, and young adults. She is an expert in the developmental psychobiology of stress and sleep. Adam studies how everyday experiences in the lives of children, adolescents and young adults impact their stress biology, with implications for emotional health, physical health and academic outcomes. She also examines social influences on sleep in children and adolescents, and the implications of variations in sleep timing and quality for health and performance.
Job Titles:
- Assistant Professor - Northwestern SESP
- Health Economist
Hannes Schwandt is a health economist and economic demographer who researches the relationship between economic factors and well-being, studying questions such as whether economic shocks or unemployment affect physical health, mortality, and fertility. He also researches the long-term human capital effects stemming from adverse health exposures during the prenatal period or early childhood. He joined SESP from the University of Zurich.
Job Titles:
- Communications Specialist
Molly Schnell examines how incentives and constraints facing both medical providers and consumers influence healthcare access, health behaviors, and health outcomes. Her research encompasses the causes and consequences of provider behavior, and much of her work focuses on the provision of pharmaceuticals in markets across the United States.
Job Titles:
- Associate Professor - Northwestern SESP
- Economist
- Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research
Ofer Malamud is an economist focused on education policy from an international perspective. His research is concentrated in three substantive areas: educational investments over the life course, the role of technology in the formation of human capital, and the effect of general and specific education on labor market outcomes. He has studied these topics in a wide range of institutional settings across countries such as Chile, England, Israel, Mexico, Peru, Romania, Scotland, and the United States.
Malamud is a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and a member of the CESifo Research Network. He also serves as a research consultant for the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Before joining Northwestern, he was on the faculty of the University of Chicago's Harris School of Public Policy and a visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution.
Paul Goren has spent his career in positions at the intersection of education practice, policy, and research. Prior to serving as E4 Director, he was Superintendent of Schools at Evanston/Skokie (IL) School District 65 for 5+ years where he led work on curriculum reform, racial equity, restorative practices and social/emotional learning while ensuring financial stability. Prior to joining District 65, Goren was Senior Vice President for Program at CASEL in Chicago. Previously he served as the Interim Chief for Strategy and Accountability for Chicago Public Schools while working as Executive Director of the Consortium on Chicago School Research. Additionally, Goren worked in leadership positions in Minneapolis Public Schools and the San Diego City Schools, and as Senior Vice president of the Spencer Foundation and Program Director for Child and Youth Development at the MacArthur Foundation.
Job Titles:
- Assistant Professor
- Assistant Professor University of Texas - San Antonio
Sofía Bahena is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at the University of Texas at San Antonio. She received her B.A. in business administration and sociology from Trinity University (2006), Ed.M. in human development and psychology (2013) and Ed.D. in cultures, communities, and education (2014) from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Dr. Bahena is passionate about promoting greater access to higher education, especially for those that would be the first in their family to attend college.