Meet the RPPL Team

How RPPL Works

RPPL was originally founded by professional learning organizations and researchers at the Annenberg Institute at Brown University. Today, we have expanded to a full team of education leaders and researchers who lead our collaborative.  

Our core research team continues to be housed at Annenberg and we work as one team to advance teacher professional learning.

  • Sarah Johnson, PhD

    Co-Chair & PL Org Rep; Teaching Lab

  • Chong-Hao Fu

    Co-Chair & PL Org Rep; Leading Educators

  • Nathaniel Schwartz, PhD

    Research Chair; Annenberg Institute at Brown University

  • Aliza Husain, PhD

    PL Org Rep; UnboundEd

  • Elizabeth Kelly, PhD

    PL Org Rep; TNTP

  • Jabari Sims, EdD

    PL Org Rep; Instruction Partners

  • Grant Van Eaton, PhD

    PL Org Rep; Teach For America

  • Adrienne Battle, EdD

    District Rep; Metro Nashville Public Schools

  • Rachel Leifer

    Funder Rep; Gates Foundation

  • Nadya Chinoy Dabby, PhD

    Policy Rep; PowerMyLearning