Michal Kurlaender is Assistant Professor in the School of Education at the University of California-Davis. She received an Ed.D. in Education Policy from the Harvard Graduate School of Education in 2005. Her research interests include access to post-secondary schooling for underrepresented populations, K-12 school desegregation and integration, and bringing innovative quantitative methods to bear on issues of education policy. Dr. Kurlaender has published widely in top academic journals in the fields of education and sociology and has received research grants from institutions including the Spencer Foundation and the American Educational Research Association.

E-mail Michal Kurlaender at: mkurlaender@ucdavis.edu