Kailey Spencer is a Senior Research Associate at CUNY ISLG and is responsible for leading data processing and management, and quantitative analyses across multiple projects. Her work primarily leverages administrative and publicly available data in descriptive and predictive approaches to evaluate programs and policies and assess disparities. Her portfolio at ISLG largely consists of projects within the criminal justice portfolio, while her background is in K-12 education research. Kailey was formerly the founding Research Director at EdFund, where she helped to establish organizational objectives, authored a research agenda, and oversaw a request for proposals that solicited school finance research projects. Prior to joining ISLG, Kailey was a Research Associate with the New York City Department of Education, and Senior Data Analyst at EdBuild. Kailey received an interdisciplinary B.A. from Hunter College and earned her Ph.D. in Education Policy from the University of Pennsylvania.