As a Senior Research Associate at WestEd, Katie Grogan leads research and evaluation studies across a variety of content areas, including literacy, school safety, postsecondary training programs, and teacher development.
Grogan is currently responsible for co-leading an evaluation of the state of Colorado’s READ Act, a statewide initiative to improve outcomes for struggling readers, and a National Institute of Justice grant to support the research and development, implementation, and evaluation of a comprehensive school safety initiative in Atlanta Public Schools. Other recent projects include an ongoing evaluation of Florida International University and University of Texas at El Paso’s Developing Engineering Instructional Faculty as Leaders of Educational Change (a National Science Foundation [NSF] Hispanic-Serving Institution Program grant); an evaluation of the Central Florida Education Ecosystem with Valencia College, University of Central Florida, Orange County Public Schools, and the School District of Osceola County; and an evaluation of the Georgia Tech FLAMEL (From Learning, Analytics and Materials to Entrepreneurship and Leadership) program (an NSF Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship Program grant).
Prior to joining WestEd, she worked as a postdoctoral associate at Georgia State University and an education policy assistant at the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Her published work in peer-reviewed journals has utilized a variety of analytic approaches, including factor analysis, linear growth curve analysis, and hierarchical linear modeling.
Grogan earned her PhD in developmental psychology at Georgia State University and holds a BA in history and psychology from the University of the South.