Research in education policy, finance of higher education, college access, choice and degree attainment, STEM education, educational equity and international higher education. Internal & external grants and fellowship from National Academy of Education, Spencer Foundation, American Educational Research Association/National Science Foundation, Association for Institutional Research/National Postsecondary Education Cooperative, etc. Research Consultant, Advisory Committee on Student Financial Aid, U.S. CongressResearcher of the Year & Teacher of the Year awards Teaching public policy in higher education, research design, statistical methods, survey analysis, institutional research and planning, and dissertation seminarService on University Senate committees, IRB, Executive Committee of Faculty Association of the College of Education, Search committees, etc.Editorial board member for the journal of Research in Higher Education, and Journal of Postsecondary Student Success