LAURA
PERNA, PH.D. CURRICULUM VITAE
Contact Information, Education & Employment Background
Contact
Information |
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| Campus: |
2200 Benjamin
Building |
Phone: |
301/405-2220 |
| University
of Maryland |
Fax: |
301/405-3573 |
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| College
Park, Maryland 20742 |
e-mail: |
lperna@wam.umd.edu |
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Home: |
12760
Hall Shop Road |
Phone: |
301/854-1630 |
| Highland, Maryland 20777-9547 | Fax: | 301/854-1632 |
| Education | |||
| Ph.D. | University of Michigan | Education | 1997 |
| Center for the Study of Higher & Postsecondary Education | |||
| M.P.P. | University of Michigan | Policy Studies | 1992 |
| School of Public Policy | |||
| B.S. | University of Pennsylvania | Economics | 1988 |
| The Wharton School | |||
| B.A. | University of Pennsylvania | Psychology | 1988 |
| The College of Arts & Sciences |
| Employment Background | |
| 2000 – Present | Assistant Professor |
| 1999 – 2000 | Visiting Assistant Professor |
| Department of Education Policy and Leadership | |
| University of Maryland – College Park, MD | |
| 1999 | Acting Director |
| 1996 – 1999 | Research Scientist and Director of Data Analysis |
| Frederick D. Patterson Research Institute of the United Negro College Fund | |
| Fairfax, Virginia | |
| 1995 – 1996 | Director Institutional Research and Planning |
| University of Dallas - Irving, Texas | |
| 1994 – 1995 | Research Assistant |
| Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education | |
| University of Michigan | |
| 1994 | Research Assistant |
| Departments of Education and Political Science, University of North Texas | |
| 1990 - 1994 | Director Business Affairs – May 1992 to January 1994 |
| Director Strategic Business Projects – February 1990 to May 1992 | |
| American Institute for Paralegal Studies, Inc. – Southfield, Michigan | |
| 1988 - 1990 | Assistant Director Intergovernmental Relations |
| Hudson County Executive's Office – Jersey City, New Jersey |