Graduate School of Education
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Davíd Morales
Ph.D. Student in Education, admitted Autumn 2020
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsDavíd's research examines the pedagogical contributions of social movements and education activists, as well as their responses to colonial, (neo)liberal, and militarized logics that govern schools and racialized geographies across the U.S. and Latin America.
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Tom Nachtigal
Ph.D. Student in Education, admitted Autumn 2022
Ph.D. Student in Education, admitted Autumn 2022
Master of Arts Student in Political Science, admitted Spring 2024BioTom Nachtigal is a PhD student in the international and comparative education program. She's interested in researching how international organizations influence national civic education policies via promotion of social and emotional learning. Particularly, she's looking at how values of democracy, rule of law, human rights, and national identity are imbued in conflict-affected areas, in light of international education policies informed by SEL. Trained as an international lawyer, she served as a legal advisor in the Israeli government, practicing international law and human rights, an experience that informed her interests in civic education from the lens of international politics.
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Gabe Nitro
Master of Arts Student in Education, admitted Summer 2024
BioGabriel (Gabe) Nitro is a current Master's student at the Graduate School of Education (GSE) in the Stanford Teacher Education Program (STEP). He is interested in course design in STEM courses, specifically chemistry at the secondary and university level. Gabe holds a B.Sc. degree in Biochemistry with a minor in Science Education from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). As an undergraduate student, he facilitated dozens of STEM courses as a Learning Assistant (LA), an Undergraduate Assistant (UA), and as a Peer Learning Facilitator (PLF). Moreover, he worked as a contracted employee for Macmillan Learning where he reviewed, created, and compiled materials for multiple chemistry-related projects. He conducted research in the Department of Anthropology under Dr. Kremer-Sadlik to investigate emotional work, the neoliberal subject, and pressure in children using ethnographic data from the Sloan Center on the Everyday Lives of Families (CELF) at UCLA. Additionally, he conducted research in the Cousins Center for Psychoneuroimmunology (PNI) under Dr. Boyle to investigate the nature of inflammation and anxiety in older adults. His recent research interests include the intersection of psychological disorders (particularly anxiety disorders), content design, and curriculum implementation in STEM courses at the secondary and university level.
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Sarah Novicoff
Ph.D. Student in Education, admitted Autumn 2021
Ph.D. Student in Education, admitted Autumn 2021
Other Tech - Graduate, Loeb ProgramBioSarah Novicoff is a PhD student in Educational Policy at Stanford's Graduate School of Education. In her doctoral education, she studies how state policies have affected vulnerable subgroups of K-12 students (e.g., low-income students, English Language Learners, students with disabilities) with a specific focus on early literacy. Prior to graduate school, Sarah worked as a middle school teacher and as a Research Intern at the Brookings Institute Center on Education Policy in Washington, D.C. Sarah holds a B.A. in History with Honors from Brown University where she graduated magna cum laude.
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Arinze Obiezue
MBA, expected graduation 2026
Master of Arts Student in Education, admitted Winter 2025BioArinze is an MBA Candidate at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and an MA Education Candidate at the Stanford Graduate School of Education. He's passionate about emerging applications of synthetic media in gaming, education, and mental health.
Before Stanford, Arinze worked in venture capital across Kenya and Nigeria as part of the investment team at The Fund for Africa's Future (aka. Future Africa), helping drive investments into some of Africa's top startups. He’s also the co-founder and publisher of Kenga, an independent culture publication documenting the ideas, personalities, and cultures shaping African Gen Z communities on the continent and in the diaspora. Arinze started off his career as a content designer at Meta in London, where he worked on product features aimed at limiting the spread of sensitive content on Facebook and Instagram. While at Meta, Arinze co-founded EarlyAdmit, a coaching platform that helped high-achieving students from underrepresented minority backgrounds get admitted to the top MBA programs in the world. EarlyAdmit was acquired in 2023 by Tequire.
Arinze joined Meta after graduating valedictorian of his class at the African Leadership University (ALU) in Mauritius with a first-class honours degree in Business Management, then left Meta to pursue a master’s degree in Global Affairs with a focus on AI Policy at Tsinghua University, where he was a Schwarzman Scholar and a China Oceanwide Fellow. In 2020, he became the first-ever student from an African university to be offered admission to the competitive deferred MBA programs at both Harvard Business School and Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Arinze currently sits on the Advisory Board of the Queer African Network (QAN), a nonprofit building digital platforms and third spaces for Africa's queer community to find community, resources, and opportunities. He also briefly served as the Managing Editor of 'A Nasty Boy', Nigeria's first LGBTQ+ publication, where he helped bring visibility to the stories of a community thriving against all odds in one of Africa's most violently homophobic countries.
Arinze is a 2017 recipient of The Diana Award and, in 2021, served as a Judge for the prestigious social impact award created in honour of the Late Princess Diana. In 2023, RIVET recognised Arinze as one of the 20 young people in the world, catalyzing the youth revolution through social innovation and entrepreneurship. For his work building Kenga, a creative platform that helps shift the narrative of Africa towards better stories about the African experience, Arinze was also named a 2023 Kekere Storyteller Prize Champion. In 2024, the Skoll Foundation selected Arinze as a Skoll Fellow among a cohort of 33 other global changemakers leading impactful organisations in their communities. -
Alma Rodriguez
Ph.D. Student in Education, admitted Autumn 2024
BioAlma Rodriguez is a first-year Ph.D. student at Stanford’s Graduate School of Education, specializing in Sociology of Education under the supervision of Dr. Anthony Lising Antonio and Dr. Christine Min Wotipka. Alma is a DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) recipient who earned her Bachelor of Arts in Sociology with highest honors from the University of California, Berkeley. Her research interest focuses on the undocumented student population. During her undergrad, Alma completed her senior honor’s thesis under the supervision of the Sociology department at UC Berkeley. Her qualitative research focused on how undocumented students navigate the higher education pipeline. Particularly, Alma is interested in understanding how undocumented students obtain cultural capital and in what ways they implement it in their communities.
Alma’s research focus at Stanford aims to shed light on undocumented Latina student mothers navigating higher education. Specifically, examining how the intersectionality of their identities such as gender, immigration status, and race has constituted a new set of challenges that have shaped their experiences navigating institutions of higher education. -
Marcos Rojas Pino
Ph.D. Student in Education, admitted Autumn 2022
BioI am a physician from Chile, passionate about medical education and educational technologies. My research focuses on the use of artificial intelligence, virtual reality, and augmented reality in medical education. I am actively developing tools that leverage artificial intelligence to enhance and evaluate clinical reasoning among healthcare professionals.
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Mayank Sharma
Masters Student in Education, admitted Autumn 2024
Graduate Student Specialist for Outreach & Outcomes, Inclusion, Belonging and Intergroup CommunicationBioFirst year student at the Graduate School of Education (GSE), pursuing the Education Data Science (MS) program. Hit me up (masharma@stanford.edu) to discuss data science and/or education equity!
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Julian Maximilian Siebert
Ph.D. Student in Education, admitted Autumn 2019
Ph.D. Student in Education, admitted Autumn 2019
Other Tech - Graduate, Yeatman ProgramCurrent Research and Scholarly InterestsHis research aims to increase linguistic fairness and equity in cognitive assessments, as well as to conceptualise and trial inherently multilingual means of assessment. He is also interested in (interactive) data visualisation and effective science communication. Prior to coming to Stanford, Julian received a BSocSc(Hons) and MScoSc in Psychology from the University of Cape Town, as well as an MPhil in Psychology and Education from the University of Cambridge.
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Tamara Nicole Sobomehin
Ph.D. Student in Education, admitted Autumn 2021
Ph.D. Minor, Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity
Master of Arts Student in Sociology, admitted Autumn 2024BioTamara Nicole Sobomehin is a PhD student at the Stanford Graduate School of Education, specializing in Learning Sciences and Technology Design, as well as Curriculum Studies and Teacher Education (Science, Engineering, and Technology). Alongside her four amazing children and husband, Olatunde, she centers the principles of Love and Ujima (collective work and responsibility) and works to advance social sustainability and restorative community and school design. Her research examines joyful learning, positive design, equity in Ed|TECH|Edu, and community-centered learning ecologies to generate scholarship and technologies that advance a praxis of care, connectedness, and creativity.
Tamara is passionate about empowering children with access to meaningful experiences that support interest and agency in their learning. She is serving her second term as an elected school board trustee for the Ravenswood City School District (2018-2022; 2022-2026) and is a co-founder and the Chief Education Officer at StreetCode Academy—an award-winning tech education organization with a mission to empower communities of color with the mindsets, skills, and access to participate in the innovation ecosystem. At StreetCode Academy, Tamara creates and supervises all learning initiatives, helping community members develop creative confidence and technical skills in coding, entrepreneurship, and design.
Tamara holds a BA in Psychology from Stanford University, an MEd in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies from the University of Texas, Arlington, and a PhD minor in Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity from Stanford University. -
Megumi E. Takada
Ph.D. Student in Education, admitted Autumn 2021
Other Tech - Graduate, Lemons ProgramBioMegumi Takada is a doctoral candidate in the Graduate School of Education at Stanford University. Her research centers around children’s literacy experiences in the elementary school years, with a special interest in designing literacy instruction that promotes student agency and school belonging. Her most recent work focuses on translingual writing, working with elementary school teachers to design writing instruction that leverages multilingual students' languages, cultures, and identities. Her work is driven by her former experience as a public school teacher in South Korea and Seattle, as well as her transnational, translingual experiences growing up cross-culturally in California and Japan. She is a recipient of the Fulbright teaching fellowship and graduated from Wellesley College with a degree in neuroscience and elementary teaching credentials.
スタンフォード大学教育学部で博士課程の研究を進めています。研究は主に小学生の読み書き・バイリンガル教育についてです。デザイン思考を取り入れて近所の公立小学校と連携しながら研究をしています。読み書きの授業に生徒達のアイデンティティ・言語・文化などを取り込んで、子どもたちにとって学校が居心地の良い場所、興味を持って楽しく勉強できる場所にしていこうと思っています。スタンフォード大学入学前は韓国で英語の先生として働き、その後はシアトルの公立小学校で１年生の担任をしていました。主にアメリカで生まれ育ちましたが、高校時代は関西で過ごしました。今後もこのような研究を通して、バイリンガル・マルチリンガルの子ども達、日本とアメリカを行き来する子ども達を支援できたらと思っています。 -
Brenda Valdes
Ph.D. Student in Education, admitted Autumn 2024
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsMy research explores the complex relationship between sociocultural context and educational experiences, with a specific emphasis on adolescent students. I am particularly drawn to investigating the resilience and adaptive mechanisms employed by immigrant students as they integrate to the host country.
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Robert D. Wachtel Pronovost
Ph.D. Student in Education, admitted Autumn 2020
Other Tech - Graduate, LDT Learning, Design and TechnologyCurrent Research and Scholarly InterestsMy (in-progress) dissertation is a year-long single-case study to examine the pedagogical practices of an experienced, highly regarded makerspace teacher in a public elementary school as they balance constraints and stakeholder expectations to facilitate maker-centered learning for all students.
