Jamey Burho is a Senior Research Associate with the English Learners Services and Migrant Education (ELMES) team and the Special Education Policy & Practice (SEPP) team at WestEd. Her expertise focuses on students identified as English Learners with disabilities, or dually identified students. Burho plans to work to build opportunities for collaboration between ELMES and SEPP.
Prior to joining WestEd, Burho was a postdoctoral fellow at Oregon State University, where she conducted case study research on English Learners with disabilities at the secondary level.
Burho began her education career in Washington, D.C. as a special education teacher in Title I elementary schools. She holds a BS in international relations from Georgetown University, an MA in teaching (special education) from Trinity Washington University, and a Ph.D. in special education from the University of Maryland.