Director, Pittsburgh Office; Senior Researcher; Professor of Policy Analysis, Pardee RAND Graduate School
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Catherine Augustine is director of the RAND Pittsburgh Office and a senior researcher at the RAND Corporation, with more than 20 years of experience conducting education research. She is also a professor of policy analysis at the Pardee RAND Graduate School. Augustine focuses on improving academic, social, and emotional outcomes for students, specializing in out-of-school time. She both evaluates implementation of reforms and assesses their impact. For example, she is coleading a national study on social and emotional learning in six urban communities. She is also examining academic outcomes of the community school model in a large, urban district. Augustine recently conducted a 9-year study of summer learning programs and a systematic evidence review on summer programs based on the evidence tiers specified in the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), adding to the knowledge base of what works in summer programming. A recently-completed RCT examined the use of restorative practices in 44 schools in an urban district adding to our knowledge of SEL interventions.
Augustine is on the boards of The World Affairs Council, The Will Allen Foundation, and The Mentoring Partnership and is committed to providing mentoring and other pro-social opportunities to local students in Pittsburgh. She earned her Ph.D. and M.A. in education from the University of Michigan.
Ph.D. and M.A. in education and organizational behavior, University of Michigan; B.A. in political philosophy, Michigan State University
