Paula is the inaugural Director of the National Network of Education Research-Practice Partnerships (NNERPP), which launched in 2016 at the Kinder Institute for Urban Research at Rice University. In this role, she organizes and coordinates learning opportunities for members across the Network and the RPP field at-large in order to improve both our theoretical understanding of partnerships and how they actually work in practice. Prior to joining NNERPP, she was a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Education Research Alliance for New Orleans. She holds a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Houston, as well as an M.S. in economics, a B.A. in Music, and a B.S. in Business, all from Florida State University.
