Ph.D. in urban education policy, University of Southern California; MA in policy, organization, & leadership studies, Stanford University; BM in music education w/ teaching credential, University of Southern California
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, capacity building, intermediary organizations, school system leadership and management, teacher evaluation, and instructional coherence. 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).
