Shannon Lasserre-Cortez
Shannon Lasserre-Cortez, Ph.D., is a Senior Research Associate at RMC Research Corporation, where she manages evaluation projects for the RMC Tampa office and provides technical support, research, performance management, and evaluation services to a variety of education programs. Dr. Lasserre-Cortez serves as lead evaluator for the Gulf Comprehensive Center (Gulf CC) and director of the Regional Education Laboratory (REL) Southeast RMC subcontract. She serves as principal investigator for such projects as the Nevada Native Youth Community Project grant and the Gwinnett County Mental Health Service Provider Grant. Her expertise includes conducting needs assessments, designing studies, and statistical analyses. Previously, she was the senior research lead for the REL Southwest in Louisiana and Arkansas, where she provided coaching and conducted research on prekindergarten enrollment, school choice, and teacher retention. She has experience as an elementary and middle school teacher and as a research analyst for the Louisiana Department of Education, Quality Educators and Accountability Divisions.
EDUCATION: Ph.D. education research, Louisiana State University, M.A. education research, Louisiana State University, B.A. elementary education, Nicholls State University
AREA OF EXPERTISE: Education research and evaluation, trauma-responsive educational practices and effectiveness, school accountability, early childhood education, state and district capacity-building in data collection, and data-driven decision-making
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