Staff

Sarah Cohodes

Sarah Cohodes is the Research Manager at the Center.  She has been examining the strategic use of human capital in school districts.  She is a coauthor for the Center’s recent report on Boston’s charter and pilot schools and leads the Center’s research on charter schools. Before joining CEPR, she worked as a researcher at the Education Policy Center of the Urban Institute in Washington D.C., focusing on the school accountability system in Florida.  Sarah holds a B.A. in Economics from Swarthmore College, where she also minored in Educational Policy and English Literature.

Zack Mabel

Zack Mabel is a Research Analyst at the Center.  He previously worked as a Public Policy Consultant with Year Up, Inc. to improve federal education and employment policies impacting disconnected urban youth.  He has also developed employment and asset-building programs for low-wage workers and their families.  Zack received an M.P.P. from the University of Michigan, and a B.A. in Politics from Brandeis University. 

Ashley Snowdon

Ashley Snowdon is the Coordinator for Career and Leadership Development for the Strategic Data Project at CEPR.  She originally joined the CEPR staff as Program Assistant in August 2008.  Previously, Ashley worked for Harvard University in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.  She graduated from the University of Virginia with a B.A. in English and Psychology.

Eric Taylor

Eric Taylor is currently Senior Research Manager at the Center. His work at the Center focuses on the development and use of teacher effectiveness measures, and the relationship between high school experiences and post-secondary success. Additionally, Eric currently leads the data management and analysis work of the Center’s Strategic Data Project. He previously worked as a research analyst at the Urban Education Partnership in Los Angeles, and for six years in survey research consulting. His research in survey methods focused on non-response and respondent satisficing. Eric received an M.P.P. from UCLA with an emphasis in education policy and quantitative methods, and a B.S. in Economics from Brigham Young University. In 2006 Eric was selected as a Presidential Management Fellow.

Rebecca Vichniac

Rebecca Vichniac is a Research Analyst at the Center.  Before joining CEPR, she worked at KIPP DC, where she taught math and science in Anacostia, one of the most underprivileged neighborhoods in the country.  At KIPP, she also served as the Student Data Manager where she helped the KIPP DC schools use their data to drive instruction.  Before joining KIPP, she was a senior research assistant in Economic Studies at the Brookings Institution.  Her research at Brookings focused on wage rigidity, law and economics, and family planning.  She received a B.A. from Cornell University. Her senior honor’s thesis analyzed the effects of increased per pupil expenditure in grades K through 12 in New York State from 1990 to 2002.