2013-2014

Annie Murphy Paul is a science writer who contributes to The New York Times, Time Magazine, and other publications. She is the author of the forthcoming book Brilliant: The Science of How We Get Smarter, to be published by Crown in 2014, as well asOrigins and The Cult of Personality.

She is a graduate of Yale University and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.

Published work:

The Machines Are Taking Over: How Computerized Tutors Are Learning To Teach Humans
The New York Times Magazine

It’s Not Me, It’s You: Intelligence And Stereotype Threat
The New York Times Sunday Review

Quality Homework: A Smart Idea
The New York Times Sunday Review

The Upside of Dyslexia
The New York Times Sunday Review

Relax, It’s Only A Test
Time  Magazine

Lauren Smith Camera  is currently education reporter at U.S. News & World Report. She’s covered education policy and politics for nearly a decade and has written for Education Week, The Hechinger Report, Congressional Quarterly, Roll Call, and the Chronicle of Higher Education.

During her 2013 Spencer Education Fellow year,  she conducted a reporting project about the impact of the Obama administration’s competitive education grant, Race to the Top. Her series was published in Education Week.

She has been featured on C-SPAN’s “Newsmakers,” ABC’s “Capitol Insider,” and Sirius XM’s POTUS channel to talk about the inner workings of Congress and lawmakers’ efforts to move different education bills.

Before coming to CQ Roll Call, Lauren wrote about education issues for several publications, including U.S. News and World Report and Edutopia. She previously wrote for the Chronicle of Higher Education, documenting the Virginia Tech massacre as well as working with a team that uncovered the private student loan scandal in 2007.

Lauren earned her M.S. in print journalism from Boston University’s School of Communication, and spent her final semester at the university’s Washington Journalism Program. She earned her B.A. from Colby College.

 

Published work:

Jamaal Abdul-Alim is a freelance journalist and a Washington correspondent for Diverse Issues in Higher Education. His articles have appeared in Education Week, Washington Monthly, and U.S. News & World Report. Abdul-Alim is also a chess journalist whose articles regularly appear in Chess Life Magazine and Chess Life Online. He is a former staff writer for Youth Today and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. He is a 1996 graduate of the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee and a 2008 Knight-Wallace Journalism Fellow at the University of Michigan.

As a Spencer Education Journalism fellow, Abdul-Alim plans to explore the impact of various efforts to hold teacher preparation programs more accountable for student achievement.

Published work on teacher prep reform:

Teacher Prep Report Raises Questions About Diversity

Teacher Issues ‘Call to Action’ on Teacher Prep Program Reform

Education Secretary Arne Duncan Unveils Proposal Giving Responsibility to States to Identify Weak Teacher-Preparation Programs

Panel: Higher Ed. Institutions Have a Role in Teacher Evaluation Reform