Ph.D. Student, RAND School of Public Policy; Assistant Policy Researcher, RAND
Amanda Sari Perez is a Ph.D. student at the RAND School of Public Policy and an assistant policy researcher at RAND. She has an M.Phil. in public policy from the RAND School of Public Policy, an M.S. in biomedical engineering and an M.S. in engineering and technology innovation management from Carnegie Mellon University and a B.S. in neuroscience from the University of Michigan. Prior to joining RAND, she was a research associate at the Human-Computer Interaction Institute at Carnegie Mellon, where she conducted mixed-methods research in a RCT to study the impact of online teacher professional development on student test scores. Her research interests include workforce and economic development, education access and reform, and alternative education and workforce pathways. Her dissertation is focused on workforce development and training opportunities for Detroit residents.
M.Phil in policy analysis, RAND School of Public Policy; M.S. in engineering and technology innovation management, Carnegie Mellon University; M.S. in biomedical engineering, Carnegie Mellon University; B.S. in neuroscience, University of Michigan
