About the WIDA Research Team
Mission
To provide timely, meaningful, and actionable research that promotes educational equity and academic achievement for linguistically and culturally diverse students.
Partners
We develop our annual research agenda under the guidance of the WIDA Consortium Board Research Subcommittee members listed below.
| Name |
State |
| Cori Alston |
Georgia |
| Rob Bauer |
North Dakota |
| Melodee (Dee) Davis |
Georgia |
| Helga Fasciano |
North Carolina |
| Gaye Fedorchak |
New Hampshire |
| Robert Fugate |
Virginia |
| Shelda Hale |
Kentucky |
| Glenda Harrell |
North Carolina |
| Jacqueline Iribarren |
Wisconsin |
| Boon Lee |
Illinois |
| Joanne Marino |
North Carolina |
| Jim McCobb |
Vermont |
| Bob Measel |
Rhode Island |
| Susan Morgan |
New Hampshire |
| Nancy Mullins |
Maine |
| Philip Olsen |
Wisconsin |
| Judy Radford |
Virginia |
| Kerri Whipple |
North Dakota |
| Andreas Wiegand |
Hawaii |
| Chris Williams |
Kentucky |
Research team members work closely with researchers from the Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER), and draw support and information from other WIDA staff and research organizations to accomplish the team mission.