Center for
the Study of Curriculum Michigan
State
University
230 Erickson
Hall East Lansing,
Michigan
48824 517-432-4640 burrou25 AT
msu DOT edu
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Political Science, University
of Georgia, 2008
Master of Public Administration,
University of Georgia, 1998
B.A. in Political
Science, University of West Georgia,
1995
EXPERIENCE
Research Associate,
Center for Curriculum Studies,
2010-present
Educational policy
research,
program
evaluation
Visiting Research Associate, Center
for Evaluation and Education
Policy, 2008-2010
Educational
policy
research,
project
management, program
evaluation & technical
assistance, grant proposal
management
Interim Associate
Director for Education Policy, Center
for
Evaluation and Education Policy, 2009
Management
of
the
policy
division
Project Associate,
Center for Evaluation and Education
Policy, 2006-2008
Report
writing, data collection &
analysis, proposal
preparation
Special Assistant to New York State
Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz,
2005-2006
Constituent
services
&
Media
Relations
Adjunct Lecturer, City
University of New York, 2002-2005
Lehman
College
2002-2005
Brooklyn
College
2002-2003
Courses
Taught:
Introduction
to
American
Politics,
Political Philosophy,
Political Sociology
Teaching Assistant, University of
Georgia, 1999-2002
Courses
Taught:
Introduction
to
American
Politics
Research Assistant, University of
Georgia 1997-1998
EXTERNALLY FUNDED
PROJECTS
Untangling
Mathematics
Knowledge for Teaching
Secondary Schools, National Science
Foundation (2011-2012). Evaluator
Promoting Rigorous Outcomes
in Mathematics and Science, National
Science Foundation (2010-2012).
Research Associate.
What Mathematics Do
Students Know? Implications from NAEP
for Curriculum and Policy, National
Science Foundation (2010). Project
Coordinator.
Effective College
Access, Persistence and Completion
Programs, and Strategies for
Underrepresented Student Populations:
Opportunities for Scaling Up, Indiana
Commission for Higher Education
(2010).
Contributor.
Indiana IEP
Postgraduate Survey, Indiana
Department of
Education (2010). Project Manager.
Technical Assistance
for the Statewide Longitudinal Data
System, Indiana Department of
Education (2009). Contributor.
Technical Assistance
for the Charter School Academic
Achievement Award, U.S. Department of
Education (2009). Contributor.
Technical Assistance
for the Voluntary Public School Choice
Program,
U.S. Department of Education. (2008)
Contributor.
Evaluation of the
Institute of Education Science, U.S.
Department of Education (2008).
Contributor.
The Effect of Property
Tax Changes on Indiana Public School
Corporations, Indiana Association of
Public School Superintendents.
(2008) Lead
Analyst.
Evaluation of Full Day
Kindergarten, U.S. Department of
Education (2007). Contributor.
Evaluation of the
Teaching American History Program,
U.S.
Department of Education (2006).
Contributor.
PUBLICATIONS &
REPORTS
Schmidt, William H.,
Nathan A. Burroughs, and Richard
Houang. "Examining the Relationship
Between Two Types of SES Gaps:
Curriculum
and Achievement." Presented at the 2012
Stanford Center for Education
Policy Analysis Conference, "Income,
Inequality,
and Educational Success: New Evidence
about Socioeconomic Status
and Educational Outcomes," May 15-16.
Burroughs, Nathan (in
review). "Is
There A 'Wealth Primary' In U.S.
Congressional Elections?"
Burroughs, Nathan (in press). "Should
Educators Assume a Duty to Prevent
Students from
Committing Suicide?" In Debating
Issues in American Education,
edited by
Charles Russo. Sage Publications.
Schmidt, William, Nathan
Burroughs, Leland Cogan, and
Richard Houang. Are
College
Rankings An
Indicator of Quality Education?" Forum
on
Public Policy: A Journal of the
Oxford Roundtable.
Vol 2011, no. 3.
http://forumonpublicpolicy.com/vol2011no3/archive/schmidt.pdf
Gurian, Paul Henri, Nathan
A. Burroughs, Lonna Rae Atkeson,
Damon Cann, and Audrey A. Haynes
(In
Review). Divisive State Primaries
and Divisive National Primaries
in U.S.
Presidential Elections, 1948-2008.
Spradlin, Terry E.,
David J.
Rutkowski, Nathan A. Burroughs,
and Justin R. Lang (2010). Effective
College
Access,
Persistence
and
Completion
Programs,
and Strategies for
Underrepresented Student
Populations: Opportunities for
Scaling Up.
Bloomington, Indiana: Center for
Evaluation and Education Policy.
Holstead, Michael S.,
Terry E.
Spradlin, Margaret E. McGillivray, and
Nathan A. Burroughs
(2010). The
Impact of Advanced Placement
Incentive Programs. Bloomington,
Indiana:
Center for Evaluation and Education
Policy.
Plucker, Jonathan, Nathan
A. Burroughs, and Ruiting Song
(2010) Mind the (Other) Gap: The
Growing
Excellence Gap in K-12 Education.
Bloomington, Indiana: Center for
Evaluation and Education Policy.
Plucker, Jonathan,
Marcey Moss, Nathan A.
Burroughs, Patty Muller, and
Fatima Carson (2009) Statewide
Longitudinal Data Systems Literature
Review. Bloomington, Indiana:
Center
for Evaluation and Education Policy.
Herrmann, Adams, Nathan
A. Burroughs,
and Jonathan Plucker (2009) Open
Enrollment in K-12 Public
Education.
Bloomington, Indiana: Center for
Evaluation and Education Policy.
Plucker, Jonathan A.,
Terry E. Spradlin, and Nathan
A.
Burroughs (2009). 2008
Public
Opinion
Survey
on
K-12 Education in Indiana.
Bloomington, Indiana:
Center for Evaluation and Education
Policy
Burroughs,
Nathan A. (2008). Arguments
and Evidence:
The Debate over Collective
Bargaining's Role in Public
Education.
Bloomington, Indiana: Center for
Evaluation and Education Policy.
Plucker, Jonathan A.,
Terry E. Spradlin, and Nathan
A.
Burroughs (2008). The
Effect
of
Property
Tax
Changes on Indiana Public School
Corporations.
Bloomington, Indiana: Center for
Evaluation and Education Policy.
Plucker, Jonathan A., Terry E.
Spradlin, and Nathan A.
Burroughs (2008). 2007
Public Opinion Survey on K-12
Education in Indiana.
Bloomington, Indiana: Center for
Evaluation
and
Education Policy
PRESENTATIONS &
CONFERENCE PAPERS
Burroughs,
Nathan A. "Science Excellence
Gaps in the United States." Presented
at
the American Association for the
Advancement of Science in Vancouver,
British Columbia, February 2012.
Spradlin, Terry and Nathan
A. Burroughs. “Effective
College
Access, Persistence and Completion
Programs, and Strategies for
Underrepresented Student Populations:
Opportunities for Scaling Up.â€
Presented to the Indiana Commission
for
Higher
Education, Terre Haute, Indiana, June
2010.
Plucker, Jonathan A.
and Nathan A. Burroughs.
“Mind the Other Gap: The
Excellence Gap in
K-12 Education.†Presented at
the
National Press Club, Washington D.C.,
February 2010.
Spradlin, Terry E. and Nathan
A. Burroughs. “Results
of the
2008 Public Opinion Survey on K-12
Education
in Indiana.†Presented to the
Indiana
State Board of Education,
Indianapolis,
Indiana, January 2009.
Burroughs, Nathan A.
(2008).
"Research on School Finance and
Governance Issues." Presented to the
2008 Indiana Association of Public
School Superintendents Conference,
Indianapolis, Indiana.
Burroughs, Nathan A.
(2008). Party
Organizations
and
Candidate
Characteristics
in Congressional Primaries.
Dissertation. University of Georgia.
Spradlin, Terry E. and Nathan
A.
Burroughs.
“Results of the 2007 Public
Opinion
Survey on K-12 Education in
Indiana.â€
Presented to the Indiana State Board
of Education, Indianapolis,
Indiana,
January 9, 2008.
Burroughs, Nathan A.,
Robert Rhudy,
and Janna Deitz (2004). "Whatever
Happened to those Vanishing
Marginals?" Presented at the 2004
American Political Science
Association
Conference, Chicago, Illinois.
Gurian, Paul-Henri, Nathan
A.
Burroughs,
Lonna Atkeson, and Audrey Haynes
(2002). "Divisive Primaries, National
Party Unity, and the Presidential
Vote: an Explanatory Model of General
Election Outcomes 1948-2000."
Presented at the 2002 American
Political
Science Conference, Washington, D.C.
Burroughs, Nathan A.
and Robert
Rhudy (2001). "Ideological Convergence
and Political Risk in U.S. House
Elections." Presented at the 2001
Southern Political Science
Association
Conference, Atlanta, Georgia.
Gurian, Paul-Henri, Nathan
A.
Burroughs,
and Audrey Haynes (2001). "Another
Side of the Electoral College: the
Behavior of the States, 1948-2000."
Presented at the 2001 American
Political Science Association
Conference, San Francisco, California.
Gurian, Paul-Henri and Nathan
A.
Burroughs (2001). "The Behavior
of States in the Electoral
College." Presented at the 2001
Western Political Science Association
Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada.
Burroughs, Nathan A.,
Janna Deitz,
William Gillespie, and Brian Harward
(2001). "The Time Value of Money
in
Congressional Primaries." Presented at
the 2001 Midwestern Political
Science Association Conference,
Chicago, Illinois.
Burroughs, Nathan A.
"Political
Experience and Class Voting in the
U.S. Congress." Presented at the
2000
Southern Political Science
Association
Conference, Atlanta, Georgia.
