Michael C. Vaden-Kiernan
Michael Vaden-Kiernan is SEDL's Director of Research & Evaluation. In this role, he is responsible for directing SEDL's full complement of research and program evaluation.
You may contact Michael C. Vaden-Kiernan at 512-391-6562
Experience/Education
Dr. Vaden-Kiernan joined SEDL in March 2005. He has spent the majority of his professional career conducting research and evaluation studies with the U.S. Department of Education and U.S. Health and Human Services agencies. He was employed as a senior research analyst with Abt Associates for over 5 years and the CDM Group for over 2 years in the areas of education, child development, and family studies. Dr. Vaden-Kiernan's experience includes work on a number of federally funded K-12 as well as early childhood education evaluations. Dr. Vaden-Kiernan received his PhD in Community Psychology from the University of Virginia and was a post-doctoral fellow at the School of Public Health at The Johns Hopkins University. He has presented his work at numerous professional conferences as well as in peer-reviewed publications, book chapters, and technical reports.
Publications
- Enhancing Data Use and Quality to Shape Education Policy: (Insights on Education Policy, Practice, and Research, Number 18) (2005)
- SEDL Letter, Volume XVIII, Number 3: 40 Years of SEDL's Building Knowledge to Support Learning (2006)
- SEDL's Working Systemically Model: Final Report (2006)
- Teacher Resources and Student Achievement in High-Need Schools (2006)