Emilie Reagan, TRRE Co-PI

Emilie Reagan has begun a new adventure with a new appointment as  Associate Professor in the Claremont Graduate University School of Educational Studies in Claremont, CA. Although she has changed university affiliation, Emilie remains the co-principal investigator of the Teacher Residency for Rural Education (TRRE) program. She is also currently the president of New England Educational Research Organization (NEERO), and her involvement with NEERO ensures that she will visit Portsmouth for years to come. Near or far, we not surprised at her commitment to remain involved with TRRE.

Emilie began her career in education as a fifth-grade teacher in Philadelphia, PA. She earned a Ph.D. in Educational Research, Measurement and Evaluation from the Boston College Lynch School of Education, where she was awarded the Donald J. White Teaching Excellence Award. Prior to her arrival at University of NH in 2013, Emilie was the lead research associate, partnership schools coordinator, and adjunct professor for Teaching Residents at Teachers College, Columbia University (TR@TC).

Throughout her career, Emilie has focused her research on social justice-oriented teacher education policy and practice. Specifically, she examines how teacher education programs and policies support preservice teacher learning and practice, and critically analyzes assessment and accountability systems in teacher education.   Along with Leslie Couse and Tom Schram, Emilie co-led the team UNH that secured funding in 2016 grant from the U.S. Department of Education Teacher Quality Partnership to develop the TRRE program. 

As co-principal investigator of the TRRE grant,  Emilie has collaborated with the TRRE team to design and implement the TRRE program, recruit and select residents, communicate with partners,  and conduct research to inform the program. In addition to teaching UNH courses in statistics and quantitative research methods, education policy and teacher education, Emilie taught the Introduction to Assessment course to the teaching residents from 2018-2020. Her impact on the success of the TRRE program has been immeasurable.

At Claremont Graduate University, Emilie teaches courses in quantitative and qualitative research methods and on research on preparing justice-oriented and high-quality teachers to doctoral students in the  K-12 Education and Equity and Urban Leadership PhD programs. Her research continues with collaborations from coast to coast.  

Emilie was the 2020 recipient of the NEERO’s Kim Fries Early Career Award in recognition of early distinction in her career. The thread of dedication to education, research, and high standards in Emilie’s work is evident to anyone who has the privilege of working with her.

Tom Schram, Emilie’s long-time colleague with TRRE and with numerous other initiatives, offered these words: “Emilie is clearly an individual who embraces service and scholarship in an informed and inclusive fashion. She possesses a remarkable work ethic coupled with a genuine ethic of care, and I could always count on her to move projects forward with integrity and sensitivity to the perspectives of everyone involved. She’s simply the best!”

In the TRRE celebration of her contribution to the program, she was feted with various versions of Dr. Seuss’ Oh the Places You’ll Go!  Emilie plans to move to California with her family this summer which brings her closer to extended family. We know she must move far across country and have no doubt she will go far in her career. Still, team members know we can count on Emilie to be a resource for TRRE wherever she goes.