About CEPEG
Our Mission
Established in 2017, CEPEG is a re-envisioning of the Center on Educational Governance (CEG).
To conduct rigorous, practice-relevant research that advances educational equity for California K-12 students–with an emphasis on greater Los Angeles– and to create partnerships that ensure education policies, practices, and governance structures are guided by evidence and careful analysis.
Key Commitments
1
CONDUCT RESEARCH WITH CONSEQUENCE
2
RESPOND TO THE FIELD
3
MAKE RESEARCH ACCESSIBLE TO ORGANIZATIONS
PRACTITIONERS AND POLICYMAKERS
4
TRAIN THE NEXT GENERATION OF EDUCATIONAL LEADERS
STAFF DIRECTORY
Faculty

Dr. Patricia Burch
pburch@usc.edu

Julie Marsh
julie.marsh@rossier.usc.edu

Morgan Polikoff
polikoff@usc.edu

Darline Robles
dprobles@rossier.usc.edu

Yasemin Copur-Gencturk
copurgen@rossier.usc.edu

Adam Kho
akho@usc.edu

Adrian Huerta
ahhuerta@rossier.usc.edu

David Quinn
quinnd@rossier.usc.edu

Larry Picus
lpicus@lpicus.com

Karen Symms Gallagher
karen.gallagher@usc.edu

Pedro A. Noguera
pnoguera@usc.edu

Rudy M. Castruita
rcastrui@usc.edu

Monique C. Datta
mdatta@usc.edu

Cathy Krop
krop@usc.edu

Maria G. Ott
mariaott@usc.edu

Dwuana Bradley
dwuana.bradley@usc.edu
Research Associates

Desiree O’Neal
dloneal@usc.edu

Daniel Silver
dsilver@usc.edu

Eupha Jeanne Daramola
daramola@usc.edu

Margaret Dawson-Amoah
dawsonam@usc.edu

John Ezaki
jezaki@usc.edu

Kate Kennedy
katekenn@usc.edu

Leila Carranza
jc68928@usc.edu

Michael Fienberg
fienberg@usc.edu

Neha Miglani
nmiglani@usc.edu

Tara-Marie Desruisseaux
desruiss@usc.edu

Taylor Enoch-Stevens
enochste@usc.edu

Tong Tong
ttong059@usc.edu
Post-Doctoral Fellows
Affiliates

Elizabeth Kim
bkelizak@usc.edu

Jeimee Estrada-Miller
jiestrad@usc.edu

Oscar Jimenez Castellanos
oj_816@usc.edu

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