Who We Are
Faculty
Dr. Peter Winograd
Director
Email: peterwin@unm.edu
Areas of Interest: Education Reform, Education Policy, Data Analysis
Dr. Angelo Gonzales
Associate Director for Community Engagement
Areas of Interest: Dropout prevention, achievement gap, Hispanic education, and community engagement & collaboration
Email: ajg47@unm.edu
Dr. Ranjana Damle
Assistant Research Professor
Director, Elev8 Evaluation
Email: damle@unm.edu
Dr. Scott D. Hughes
Associate Research Professor
Email: shughe58@unm.edu
Staff
Amy Ballard
Senior Policy Analyst
Email: aballard@unm.edu
Dana Bell
Senior Policy Analyst
Email: belld@unm.edu
Karen Espinosa
Education Specialist
Email: karenespinosa@unm.edu
Jo Lynn Gallegos
Unit Administrator
Email: Jolynng@unm.edu
Dr. Meriah Heredia Griego
Policy Analyst & Research Coordinator
Email: meriah@unm.edu
Lyndah Martell
Administrative Assistant
Email: lyndah@unm.edu
Affiliated Faculty
Dr. Terry Babbitt
Associate Vice President, UNM Division of Enrollment Management
Email: tbabbitt@unm.edu
Dr. Josephine "Jozi" De Leon
Vice President, UNM Division of Equity and Inclusion
Email: jdeleon@unm.edu
Nancy Lewis
Clinical Faculty & Program Developer, UNM Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences
Email: nlewis01@unm.edu
Dr. Elizabeth Yakes
Assistant Professor of Nutrition, UNM Department of Individual, Family, and Community Medicine
Email: eyakes@unm.edu
Students
Sharif Gias
Research Assistant & Doctoral Student, Economics
Email: gias@unm.edu
Alfie McCloud
Graduate Assistant & Doctoral Student, Economics
Email: mccloud@unm.edu
Christina Reynoso
Research Assistant & Masters Student; Language, Literacy and Sociocultural Studies
Email: reynoso9@unm.edu
Laura Robison
Research Assistant & Masters Student, Economics
Email: lrobison@unm.edu
Jason Timm
Research Assistant & Doctoral Student, Linguistics
Email: jtimm@unm.edu
Affiliates
Dawn Kenney
CNM Institutional Research
Email: dawn.kenney2@gmail.com
Vicky Morris-Dueer
UNM STEM Gateway Program
Email: vjdueer@unm.edu
Elaine Romero
UNM Education Leadership Doctoral Intern
US Department of Education, 2009 Teaching Ambassador Fellow
APS Instructional Coach
Email: elaineromero.NM@gmail.com
Tim Schroeder
UNM STEM Gateway Program
Email: timschroeder@unm.edu
Beata I. Thorstensen
New Mexico School Leadership Institute-Deputy Director
Email: beata.thorstensen@nmsli.org