The SCALE Research Team is led by our Faculty Director, Susanna Loeb. The research team consists of our core research staff, SCALE Fellows, students, and affiliates across Stanford University and other institutions. Click on a researcher's name below to learn more about their specific research areas and for their full biography.
Research Team
Faculty and Core Researchers
Cristina Barnard González
Research Associate
Stanford UniversityResearch Interests: EdTech; social and emotional learning; high-impact tutoring; behavioral science; education policy; causal inference
Monica Lee
Director of Research Operations
Stanford UniversityResearch Interests: Education policy; RCTs; light-touch behavioral interventions that reduce barriers to success; absenteeism and social emotional learning (SEL) development; engaging parents and families in student learning
Benjamin Leiva
Senior Research Data Analyst
Stanford UniversityResearch Interests: AI; machine learning; natural language processing; causal inference
Ana Trindade Ribeiro
Senior Research Associate
Stanford UniversityResearch Interests: Education Policy, GenAI, Natural Language Processing, Causal Inference, Behavioral Economics
Carly Robinson
Director of Research
Stanford UniversityResearch Interests: relationships; social support; engagement; high-impact tutoring; generative AI; family engagement; attendance; interventions; randomized controlled trials; survey design; open science practices; educational psychology; behavioral science; education policy
Fellows
Hsiaolin Hsieh
Postdoctoral Scholar
Stanford UniversityResearch Interests: Multilingual learners; equity; opportunity to learn; natural language processing; machine learning; conversation analysis, educational assessment; research practice partnership; educational technology, education policy
Elizabeth Huffaker
Research Fellow
Stanford UniversityResearch Interests: Education policy; math education policy; research practice partnership; STEM pathways; early numeracy; causal inference; RCTS
Jilli Jung
Postdoctoral Scholar
Stanford UniversityResearch Interests: Education policy; Human development; Non-academic outcomes; Demography; Civic education; Causal Inference; Equity
Students
Melissa Gentry
Graduate Research Assistant
Texas A&M UniversityResearch Interests: Education policy, special education, causal inference, early literacy, RCTs
Sarah Novicoff
Doctoral Candidate
Stanford UniversityResearch Interests: Education policy; accountability and autonomy; early literacy; multilingual learners; causal inference; mixed-methods
