Our Team

Our Core Research Team

Alexandra Pavlakis, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

Meredith Richards, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

Kessa Roberts, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow

M.J. Hernandez
M.Ed. Student in Higher Education

Mark Pierce
Ph.D. Student in Education

Our Research Partners

Houston ISD Homeless Education Office
Lisa Jackson
Senior Manager/HISD Homeless Liaison

Houston Education Research Consortium
Ruth López Turley, PhD
Director, HERC
Professor of Sociology, Rice University