Katherine M. Bowser, Ph.D.

I am an education policy researcher, focusing on K-12 district policies and practices that impact educator quality, development, and labor markets. My research has examined educator compensation, evaluation systems, and district policies, like four-day school week calendars, using rigorous quantitative methods to study their effects on teacher and student outcomes. I am a research analyst at the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ). I am also affiliated faculty at George Mason University, where I collaborate with other education policy researchers and computer scientists conducting research at the intersection of artificial intelligence and educator effectiveness measurement.

Prior to K-12 education policy research, I worked in higher education administration, facilitating community-based service programs and advising undergraduate students.

I hold a Ph.D. in Education from George Mason University, with a concentration in Education Policy and secondary emphasis in Econometrics/Quasi-Experimental Methodology. I earned an M.A. in College Student Personnel from Bowling Green State University and a B.S. in neuroscience from Allegheny College.

My academic CV can be found here.