Staff

Shanna Rose Thompson— Shanna is the Center for Program Evaluation (CPE)’s Manager, serving as an evaluator and project manager for various grants. She also taught multiple courses for UMass Lowell's School of Education since 2008. She previously served as a high school mathematics teacher in alternative schools in San Francisco and New Orleans as well as a Human Resources & Training Coordinator at a minority-owned bank in New Orleans.

Full-time Graduate Research Assistants

Abeer Hakouz—Abeer Hakouz is a doctoral student in research and evaluation in education at the School of Education. Abeer has been working in evaluation for the past 14 years. She is a co-founding member of the Jordanian Evaluation Association (EvalJordan), and is connected to leading evaluators’ networks such as the American Evaluation Association, EvalMENA Network, and EvalGender+ Network. Abeer is currently a Research Assistant (RA) at the CPE. She is bilingual, speaking both Arabic and English.

Dhanashree Karandikar—Dee is a doctoral candidate at the UMass Lowell School of Education. She studied social anthropology at the undergraduate level and went to King's College London to study education management/policy for a master's degree. Before coming to the United States, she worked extensively in rural India and was the co-chair of the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage in her hometown. Dee is currently a Research Assistant (RA) at the CPE. She is passionate about education, social justice and the creative arts. She is multilingual, speaking English, Hindi, Marathi, and Gujarathi.

Part-time Graduate Research Assistants

Youlim Lee—Youlim is a doctoral student in Research and Evaluation in Education at the School of Education. She has worked as an English teacher and program coordinator, and currently serves as a full-time Teaching Assistant and part-time Research Assistant at the CPE. Youlim is bilingual, speaking both Korean and English. Youlim has a vision for building evaluation systems that drive organizational learning and innovation across diverse educational contexts.

Part-time Undergraduate Research Assistant

Jacob Doos— Jacob is currently in his first year as an electrical engineering student at UMass Lowell. He is interested in understanding how energy and technology systems work. Outside of school, he enjoys powerlifting and competes professionally.