Our Team
Heather C. Hill
Principal Investigator
Hazen-Nicoli Professor in Teacher Learning and Practice
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Heather Hill studies policies and programs designed to improve teacher and teaching quality, particularly in mathematics. Her recent research focuses on teacher learning and professional development, the quality of mathematics instruction, the...
Samantha Booth
samantha_booth@gse.harvard.eduAssociate Director, Mathematics Teaching and Teacher Learning Program
Samantha Booth is responsible for managing the HEAR-MI Coaching project and overseeing the MQI Coaching program. Her work focuses on supporting teachers and instructional coaches to improve the quality of math instruction and develop more equitable...
Claire Gogolen
claire_gogolen@gse.harvard.eduProject Manager, MQI Coaching
As a project manager, Claire oversees MQI Coaching, a program that aims to help mathematics teachers improve their instruction. MQI Coaching was developed as part of an NSF-funded research study, and after promising early research findings it has expanded...
Katie Jacobsen
Project Manager, M-Powering Teachers (MPT) Coaching
Katie Jacobsen is a Project Manager on the Mathematics Teaching and Teacher Learning team, where she supports the M-Powering Teachers (MPT) Coaching program. MPT is a machine learning–based feedback tool that uses natural language processing to analyze...
Lauren O'Neill
Project Coordinator
Lauren is a project coordinator for the Math Ed team. She is responsible for MQI Coaching communications, recruitment, and event planning, as well as providing research support on the HEAR-MI Coaching project. Prior to joining CEPR, Lauren was an...
Jonathan Thompson
jthompson@gse.harvard.eduProject Manager, Math Education
Jonathan is a Project Manager on the Math Education team at CEPR. His work focuses primarily on facilitating MQI coach trainings as well as helping to oversee and manage MQI e-coaching. He is also a member of the HEAR-MI coaching project team. Prior to...