July 2018
Elizabeth Albro was appointed to serve as commissioner of the National Center for Education Research (NCER) at the Institute of Education Sciences (IES). She began her new role on July 9. Prior to this appointment, she served as the associate commissioner for teaching and learning at NCER. Albro has also been involved in several large-scale research efforts at IES, including the Reading for Understanding Research Initiative. She was a principal author of U.S. Department of Education Plan and Policy Development Guidance for Public Access: Improving Access to Results of Federally Funded Scientific Research and is a member of the Interagency Working Group on Open Science.
Prior to joining IES in 2002, Albro held faculty positions at Whittier College and Wheaton College (Norton, MA). Albro holds a B.A. in the behavioral sciences, an M.A. in the social sciences, and a Ph.D. in psychology, with an emphasis on cognition and communication, all from the University of Chicago.
“We wish Albro success in this new position,” noted AERA Executive Director Felice Levine. “She has substantially contributed to the important work of IES over many years. We welcome her continuing to do so as NCER commissioner.”
Albro succeeded Tom Brock, who will become the new director of the Community College Research Center at Teachers College, Columbia University, on September 1.
Read Albro’s AERA Highlights Q&A here.
Additional appointments to leadership roles in the Department of Education have been confirmed by the Senate: