Research and Program Staff

As a Training Specialist at the EASEL Lab, Bianca designs and facilitates an ongoing youth participatory action research (YPAR) partnership with the Children's Aid College Prep Charter School in the Bronx, NY to investigate students’ experience with...

As a Research Assistant at EASEL Lab, Katie supports the development, implementation, and evaluation of activities that support children’s social-emotional growth, both across the United States and internationally.  Her professional interests include...

Hannah is a Research Assistant at the EASEL Lab, where she supports several research-practice partnerships both in the US and abroad. Her research interests include trauma-informed SEL, culturally responsive pedagogy, and understanding how social...

Chelsea Rubin works as a Training Specialist at the EASEL Lab, where she supports multiple research-practice partnerships both domestically and internationally. Her work focuses on developing and facilitating training and coaching sessions for educators...

Emily Stolz is a Research Assistant at the EASEL Lab, where she works on projects centered around play-based social and emotional learning in international settings. Her research interests include equity-focused SEL, play-based learning, and understanding...

Lily Massaro is a Research Manager at the EASEL Lab, where she works on projects centered around equity and inclusion in U.S. and international settings. Lily currently supports the team from Brooklyn, NY. Her research interests include equity-focused SEL...

Natasha Raisch is a Project Coordinator at the EASEL Lab, where she supports the Lab’s international projects. Most recently, she led the team’s work on the Kernels of Practice in Nigeria project, helping develop deeply contextualized SEL strategies for...

Thelma Ramirez is a Research Manager at the EASEL Lab, where she supports the equity-focused efforts of several projects. Her research interests include family engagement in social and emotional learning (SEL), culturally responsive pedagogy, and the...

Sonya Temko is Senior Research Manager at the EASEL Lab, where she works across the Lab’s international projects. Her research focuses on contextualizing and adapting social and emotional learning for cultural relevance in diverse contexts. Before coming...

Laura Stickle is the Project Coordinator for Research-Practice Partnerships at the EASEL Lab and specializes in providing support to teachers and administrators as they implement SEL initiatives. As part of her work, she leads professional development...