We are a small team of researchers and scientists formed as a subsidiary of American Institutes for Research. Meet our team members below.

Ahmad Emad is a Research Assistant for the Education program at AIR. His work at AIR has focused on value added modeling for educator evaluation and data collection for the Teacher and Leader Evaluation Systems study. With a background in Computer Science and Mathematical Economics, Ahmad provides technical expertise to the Center of Science and Science Policy and works on enhancing the in house software capabilities of the team. Prior to joining AIR, Ahmad served as a Teaching Assistant at Colgate University. Ahmad received his BA from Colgate University, NY in 2013.
Other Team Members

Julia Lane
Institute Fellow

Rebecca Rosen
Principal Researcher

Joshua Tokle
Senior Data Scientist

Michelle Lu Yin
Senior Researcher

Evgeny Klochikhin
Senior Data Scientist

Christina Jones
Researcher

Austin Pate
Research Associate

Paul Bailey
Researcher

Rosa Castro Zarzur
Research Associate

Ahmad Emad
Research Assistant

Jonathan C. Sokoll
Research Assistant

Sonya V. Powell
Administrative Specialist