Ian Callen
School of Education and Human Development
University of Virginia
I study how schools, policies, and labor markets shape the paths students take through education and into careers. My research focuses on improving the effectiveness of K-12 teachers and schools.
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Hello! I am a Ph.D. student in Education Policy at the University of Virginia. Before starting my doctorate, I was an Instructor of Economics in the Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics at Montana State University and a Research Associate at the Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER) at the American Institutes for Research. I hold an M.S. in Applied Economics from Montana State University, and a B.A. in Economics and a B.S. in Statistics from Western Washington University.
Recent News
Aug 2026 — A Broader View of Recovery, our new working paper on students’ non-test outcomes during the pandemic, was released.
Jan 2026 — Awarded a Graduate Research Fellowship from the American Institute for Boys and Men.
Oct 2025 — Summer School as a Learning Loss Recovery Strategy after COVID-19 was published in the American Educational Research Journal.
Jan 2025 — Our study of pandemic learning loss by student baseline achievement was cited in the Economic Report of the President.
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