Team

Phil Capin

phil_capin@gse.harvard.edu

Assistant Professor of Education

Director of BRIDGES Lab

Dr. Phil Capin is the Director of the BRIDGES Lab at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. His research focuses on understanding differences in reading development and developing and evaluating the efficacy of instructional practices, primarily for...

Yijing Chen

Research Assistant

Yijing Chen gained her master’s degree at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Her research broadly focuses on language and literacy development, with a specific interest in evidence-based interventions for K–5 students with language and literacy...

Korleen Cosgrove

Research Assistant

Korleen Cosgrove is a special education professional currently pursuing a Master of Education in Education Leadership, Organizations, and Entrepreneurship at HGSE. She has extensive experience in special education, including leadership roles at Denver...

Paulina Kulesz

Affiliated Researcher

As a Research Associate Professor at the University of Houston, Dr. Paulina Kulesz specializes in the intersection of statistics and data science. With a background in neuroscience and educational psychology, Dr. Kulesz applies advanced statistical...

Laura Mesite

laura_mesite@gse.harvard.edu

Research Scientist

Laura Mesite is an educational researcher and special educator with over ten years of experience conducting research related to language and literacy development. Laura earned Bachelor's of Arts degrees in Cognitive Science and Music from the University...

Kat Mitchell

Research Assistant

Kat Mitchell is a master's student at the Harvard Graduate School of Education in the Learning, Design, Innovation, and Technology program. She is focused on the development and curation of learning tools that integrate evidence-based approaches and...

Madelaine Panici

Research Coordinator

Madelaine Panici is a master's student at the Harvard Graduate School of Education where she studies Education Policy and Analysis. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from McGill University, with minors in Behavioral Science and Education, where...

Grace Sanko

Research Assistant

Grace Sanko is a Master’s student at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, where she researches K–12 language and literacy interventions with a focus on equitable instruction for multilingual learners and students with diverse needs. She holds dual...

Justin Shaw

Research Assistant

Justin Shaw is a graduate student at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, where he studies educational leadership and school improvement. He brings eight years of experience as a public high school English teacher, having taught AP Language and...

Sining Tao

PhD Student

Sining Tao is a PhD student at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, where she studies multilingual learners’ language and literacy development across diverse educational settings. She is particularly interested in practice-embedded research that (1)...

Arden Woodall

Research Assistant

Arden Woodall is a master’s student in the Human Development & Education program with a concentration in Literacy & Languages at HGSE. She holds her bachelor’s in English Education, Spanish, and Creative Writing from Purdue University, where her...

Tianjiao Zhang

Research Assistant

Tianjiao Zhang recently earned her Master’s degree in Education Policy and Analysis from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She holds a B.A. in Media Studies and Education from the University of California, Berkeley, where she explored how digital...