Leadership
Kristin Liu
Director
Jessica Bowman
Research Associate
Gail Ghere
Research Associate
Jennifer Sommerness
Research Associate
Darrell Peterson
Educational Program Specialist
TIES Contributors
The TIES Center benefits from a wide variety of expertise.
- Sheryl Lazarus, Ph.D., NCEO Director
- Martha Thurlow, Ph.D., NCEO Senior Research Associate
- Diane Ryndak, Ph.D., University of North Carolina Greensboro
- Debbie Taub, Ph.D., consultant
- Patricia McDaid, Ph.D., consultant
- Jacqui Kearns, Ed.D., University of Kentucky
- Shawnee Wakeman, Ph.D., University of North Carolina - Charlotte
- Elizabeth Hartmann, Lasell University, CAST
- Deborah Telfer, Ph.D., University of Cincinnati
TIES Center Founding Leadership (2017-2022)
From 2017-2022, the TIES Center was founded under a grant from the U.S. Office of Special Education. The National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO) led the TIES Center partnership. There were six additional collaborating partners: Arizona Department of Education, CAST, University of Cincinnati, University of Kentucky, University of North-Carolina–Charlotte, and University of North Carolina–Greensboro.
- Kristin Liu, Director (2021-2022), University of Minnesota
- Terri Vandercook, Assistant Director, University of Minnesota
- Jessica Bowman, University of Minnesota
- Martha Thurlow, University of Minnesota
- Gail Ghere, University of Minnesota
- Jennifer Sommerness, University of Minnesota
- Sheryl Lazarus, University of Minnesota (TIES Center Director, 2017-2021)
- Diane Ryndak, University of North Carolina – Greensboro
- Shawnee Wakeman, University of North Carolina – Charlotte
- Jacqui Kearns, University of Kentucky
- Deborah Telfer, University of Cincinnati
- Hansley Mussotte, Arizona Department of Education
- Elizabeth Hartman, Lasell University, CAST