Improvement Scholars
The ISN hub team is headquartered at Vanderbilt University. The hub team coordinates the ISN and leads its improvement-focused field building efforts.
Jennifer Lin Russell
Professor of Policy & Organizations Vanderbilt
Peabody College of Education and Human Development
Vanderbilt University
Donald J Peurach
Professor, Educational Policy, Leadership, and Innovation
Marsal Family School of Education
University of Michigan
Angela Lyle
Research Associate, Educational Policy, Leadership, and Innovation
Daniel Marks
Graduate Student Researcher
Kenton K. Shimozaki
Marisa Cannata
Professor of the Practice of Education Policy and School Reform.
Lora Cohen-Vogel
Frank A. Daniels Endowed Chair of Public Policy & Education
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Alan Daly
Professor and Director Educational Leadership Doctoral Program
Department of Education Studies
University of California, San Diego
Amanda Datnow
Chancellor’s Associates Endowed Chair in Education Studies and Associate Dean of Social Sciences
University of California San Diego.
David Eddy-Spicer
Professor of Education
University of Virginia
Bill Penuel
Distinguished Professor of Learning Sciences and Human Development
Institute of Cognitive Science, School of Education, Crown Institute at the University of Colorado Boulder
Derek S. Mitchell, PhD
Chief Executive Officer
Partners in School Innovation
Sola Takahashi
Senior Research Associate
WestEd