Susan Bush-Mecenas

Susan Bush-Mecenas (she/her) is an associate policy researcher at the RAND Corporation. Her research examines the enactment and implementation of policy using rigorous, innovative qualitative methods, often drawing upon perspectives from organizational theory, sociology, and political science. She has studied a wide variety of education policy topics, including continuous improvement, equity-focused reforms, teacher evaluation, instructional coherence, capacity building, intermediary organizations, and school system leadership and management. Bush-Mecenas holds a Ph.D. in urban education policy from the University of Southern California and an MA in policy, organization, and leadership studies from Stanford University. Prior to joining RAND, she was a postdoctoral research fellow at the Northwestern University School of Education and Social Policy. She is also trained in implementation facilitation through the Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs).