Julie Sugarman

Affiliation

Migration Policy Institute

Biography

Julie Sugarman is Associate Director for K-12 Education Research at the Migration Policy Institute’s (MPI) National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy. For over 20 years, Dr. Sugarman has worked to help stakeholders understand complex research and policy issues in multilingual learner education, improve program design, and evaluate program effectiveness. At MPI, Dr. Sugarman has written informational briefs on topics such as federal policy supporting immigrant-background and English learner students, school funding, federal and state data systems, and assessment and accountability. Additionally, she has published numerous research reports on how state and federal policies impact the educational options of newcomers who arrive in U.S. schools in high school. Dr. Sugarman has been an active contributor to policy efforts in the field, including as a member of the Public Policy Professional Council of TESOL International Association and as an advisor to the executive board of the National Association of English Language Program Administrators and co-chair of its Advancing Multilingual Policy and Practice Committee. She has provided technical assistance to numerous federal, state, and local education agencies and community-based organizations. Prior to MPI, Dr. Sugarman was a researcher at the Center for Applied Linguistics, conducting research on dual language/two-way immersion programs and comprehensive evaluations for multilingual learner and world language education programs. Dr. Sugarman earned a B.A. in anthropology and French from Bryn Mawr College, an M.A. in anthropology from the University of Virginia, and a Ph.D. in second language education and culture from the University of Maryland, College Park.