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Assistant Professor
Department of Public Policy
Abernethy Hall, Room 121 / CB#3435
Univ. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27599

Phone: 919-843-5010
Fax: 919-962-5824

 

Email: dlauen AT unc DOT edu


Biographical Sketch

 

Dr. Douglas Lee Lauen (Ph.D., Sociology, University of Chicago, 2006; MPP, Public Policy, University of Chicago, 1997) is an Assistant Professor of Public Policy at UNC Chapel Hill who specializes in educational policy, research methods, and urban school reform. He wrote his dissertation on the causes and consequences of Chicago's public school choice programs and has published on the public school choice provisions of NCLB. His current research interests include examining the effects of teacher working conditions and state accountability policies on student outcomes.

While pursuing his doctorate, Dr. Lauen was affiliated with the Data Research and Development Center and at the Consortium on Chicago School Research, where he co-authored a report on educational technology in Chicago Public Schools. Before enrolling in a Ph.D. program, he was a research associate at MPR Associates, Inc. a consulting firm based in Berkeley, CA that specializes in management, planning and research for elementary, secondary and postsecondary education. While at MPR, he designed and taught a workshop on how to use Microsoft Excel for Data Analysis for teachers and administrators. Between 2000 and 2006, Dr. Lauen was the lead faculty for a course he designed for New Leaders for New Schools (a school principal training program) called Computer Tools for School Productivity.

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Research Interests

 

  • Education policy
  • School choice
  • Desegregation
  • Teacher working conditions
  • Educational accountability policy


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PLCY 460  Quantitative Methods for Public Policy Analysis (last taught fall of 2008)

PLCY 530  Educational Problems and Policy Solutions (last taught as PLCY599 in fall of 2008)

PLCY 201  Introduction to Public Policy Analysis (last taught spring of 2007; syllabus)