Sharon Kukla-Acevedo

Anspach Hall 246
phone: (989)774-2351
email: kukla1sa@cmich.edu

Education

  • Ph.D., Public Administration, University of Kentucky, 2008
  • Master of Public Policy, University of Kentucky, 2006
  • B.A., Spanish, Aquinas College, 2000

Recent Publications

  • “Do teacher characteristics matter? New results on the effects of teacher preparation on student achievement,” forthcoming. Economics of Education Review.

Conference Presentations

  • Learning to Teach. Paper presented at the 33rd Annual Conference of the American Education Finance Association (AEFA). Denver, CO. April 10-12, 2008.
  • Teacher Training and Student Achievement. Paper presented at the 76th Annual Meetings of the Southern Economic Association (SEA). Charleston, South Carolina. November 18-21, 2006.
  • Does the Size of the Welfare Check Matter? New Results on the Effects of Welfare Receipt on Early Childhood Cognitive Scores. Paper presented at the 28th Annual Research Conference of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM). Madison, Wisconsin. November 2-4, 2007.
  • Impact of the U.S. News & World Report College Rankings on State Appropriations to Public Universities. Paper presented at the 2006 Southeastern Conference for Public Administration (SECoPA). Athens, Georgia. September 27-30, 2006.
  • Stress Factors and Teacher Attrition. Paper presented at the 30th Annual Conference of the American Education Finance Association (AEFA). Washington, DC. March 17-19, 2005.

Additional Training

  • National Poverty Center sponsored workshop/training on statistical analysis of survey data, University of Michigan, summer 2006.
  • National Center for Education Statistics sponsored workshop/training on statistical analysis of survey data, Washington, DC, summer 2004.

Working Papers

  • Leavers, Movers, Stayers: The Role of Workplace Conditions on Teacher Mobility Decisions (Revised and resubmitted to Journal of Educational Research, July 23, 2008).
  • Learning to Teach: The Effect of Teacher Preparation on Student Achievement (with Eugenia F. Toma, Ph.D.)
  • Does the Size of the Welfare Check Matter? New Results on the Effects of Welfare Receipt on Early Childhood Cognitive Scores (with Colleen Heflin, Ph.D.)
  • Impact of the U.S. News & World Report College Rankings on State Appropriations to Public Universities (with Jonica Burke)

Professional Memberships and Services

  • American Education Research Association
  • Southern Economic Association