Doug is our founding Director and Tulane Professor of Economics. His research has helped inform and influence national debates over a range of education policies, especially in charter-based school reform, teacher evaluation, accountability, and college access.

Nathan Barrett is an Associate Director and Senior Research Fellow at the Education Research Alliance for New Orleans at Tulane University. Nathan’s research focused on three areas of K-12 education: teacher policies, educational equity, and education reform.

Lindsay Bell Weixler is an Associate Director and Senior Research Fellow, and her research interests include early childhood education and child and adolescent development in educational settings.

Mónica Hernández is a Postdoctoral Fellow at ERA-New Orleans, and her research studies how education policy interacts with students’ context and life circumstances, to affect their educational and life outcomes.

Lihan Liu is a Senior Research Fellow, and her research interests include labor economics, public economics, economics of education, and applied econometrics.

Deanna Allen is our Administrative Assistant, and she manages the office's day-to-day operations, tracks organizational budgets, and coordinates internal communications and meetings.

Briana Diaz is a Scientific Research Analyst whose interests include database structures and data systems.

Alica Gerry is a Scientific Research Analyst III, and her research interests include the pre-K programing in New Orleans' decentralized education system.

As our Communications Director, Sara Slaughter oversees the development and execution of our communications strategy.