Gabriella C. Gonzalez ggonzal@rand.org (412) 683-­‐2300 x. 4426 (412) 623-­‐9544 EMPLOYMENT RAND Corporation Carnegie Mellon University Heinz School of Public Policy and Management RAND Corporation RAND Corporation Senior Sociologist Adjunct Faculty, Education Policy Sociologist Associate Sociologist 2015-­‐present 2012-­‐present 2011-­‐2015 2002-­‐2011 EDUCATION Ph.D. Sociology, Harvard University, Cambridge MA, 2002 M.A. Sociology, Harvard University, Cambridge MA, 1998 B.A. Sociology, Harvard University, Cambridge MA, 1993 SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTISE Career and technical education, workforce development and workplace dynamics, K-­‐16 STEM education, urban schooling and school climate, human capital development, education disparities among minority and immigrant students, program evaluation, qualitative and quantitative methodologies PEER REVIEWED ARTICLES AND REPORTS 2015 2015 Gonzalez, Gabriella C. Robson, Sean, Phillips, Andrea, Hunter, Gerald, and David S. Ortiz. Energy-­‐Sector Workforce Development in West Virginia: Aligning Community College Education and Training with Needed Skills. RAND. RR-­‐812-­‐NETL. Gonzalez, Gabriella C., Luke Matthews, Marek Posard, Parisa Roshan, Shirley Ross. Evaluation of the Military Spouse Employment Partnership: Progress Report on First Stage of Analysis. RAND. RR-­‐1349-­‐OSD. 2015 Bozick, R., G. Gonzalez, and J. Engberg, “Using a Merit-­‐Based Scholarship Program to Increase Rates of College Enrollment in an Urban School District: The Case of the Pittsburgh Promise,” Journal of Student Financial Aid. 2015 Buryk, P., T. Trail, G. Gonzalez, L. Miller, E. Friedman, Federal Educational Assistance Programs Available to Service Members: Program Features and Recommendations for Improved Delivery, Santa Monica, CA: RAND. RR-­‐664-­‐OSD Gabriella C. Gonzalez
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2014 Gonzalez, Gabriella C., Singh, Reema, Karam, Rita, and David S. Ortiz. Energy-­‐sector Workforce Development in Southwestern Pennsylvania: Aligning Education and Training with Innovation and Needed Skills. RAND (RR-­‐807). Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation. 2014 Gonzalez, Gabriella C., R. Bozick, L. Daugherty, E. Scherer, R. Singh, M. Suarez, S. Ryan, Transforming an Urban School System: Progress of New Haven School Change and New Haven Promise Education Reforms (2010-­‐2013), Santa Monica, CA: RAND. RR-­‐777-­‐NHP. 2014 Gonzalez, Gabriella C., Singh, R., Schell, T. R., and R. M. Weinick, An Evaluation of the Implementation and Perceived Utility of the Airman Resilience Training Program. Santa Monica, CA: RAND. RR-­‐655-­‐OSD. 2014 Acosta, J., G. Gonzalez, C. Farmer, R. Weinick. The Development and Application of the RAND Program Classification Tool: The RAND Toolkit, Volume 1. Santa Monica, CA: RAND. RR-­‐487/1-­‐OSD. 2013 Meadows, S., Miller, L., Miles, J., and G. Gonzalez. Exploring the Association Between Military Base Neighborhood Characteristics and Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Outcomes. January. Santa Monica, CA: RAND. TR-­‐1234-­‐RC_A_AF. 2013 Thaler, D., R. Brown, G. Gonzalez, B. Mobley, and P. Roshan. Improving the U.S. Military’s Understanding of Unstable Environments Vulnerable to Violent Extremist Groups: Insights from Social Science. Santa Monica, CA: RAND. RR-­‐298-­‐A. 2011 Karoly, Lynn and G. Gonzalez, “Early Care and Education for Children in Immigrant Families” Future of Children, v. 21, no.1 (71-­‐101). 2011 Gonzalez, G., Robert Bozick, Shannah Tharp-­‐Taylor, and Andrea Phillips, Fulfilling The Pittsburgh Promise: Early Progress of Pittsburgh’s Postsecondary Scholarship Program. Santa Monica, CA: RAND. MG-­‐1139-­‐TPP. 2011 Weinick, Robin M., Beckjord, Ellen B., Farmer, Carrie M., Martin, Laurie T., Gillen, Emily M., Acosta, Joie, Fisher, Michael, P., Garnett, Jeffrey, Gonzalez, G. C., Helmus, Todd C., Jaycox, Lisa, Reynolds, Kerry, A., Salcedo, Nicholas, Scharf, Deborah M. Programs Addressing Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury Among U.S. Servicemembers and Their Families. Santa Monica, CA: RAND. TR-­‐950-­‐OSD. 2010 Constant, L., C. Goldman, G. Zellman, C. Augustine, T. Galama, G. Gonzalez., C.A. Guarino, R. Karam, G. Ryan, H. Salem, “Promoting Quality and Variety Through the Public Financing of Privately Operated Schools in Qatar,” Journal of School Choice, v. 4, n.4, October (450-­‐473). 2010 Gonzalez, G., “Education and Employment in the Private Sector: Addressing Skills Mismatch in the GCC,” Education and the Requirements of the GCC Labor Markets, Abu Dhabi, UAE: The Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research. Gabriella C. Gonzalez
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2009 Augustine, Catherine, G. Gonzalez, Gina Ikemoto, Jennifer Russell, Gail Zellman, Louay Constant, Jane Armstrong, Jacob W. Dembosky, Improving School Leadership: The Promise of Cohesive Leadership Systems. Santa Monica, CA: RAND. MG-­‐885-­‐WF. 2009 Zellman, Gail L, Gery Ryan, Rita Karam, Louay Constant, Hanine Salem, Gabriella Gonzalez, Nate Orr, Charles A. Goldman, Hessa Al-­‐Thani, and Kholode Al-­‐Obaidli, Implementation of the K-­‐12 Education Reform in Qatar’s Schools, Santa Monica, CA: RAND. MG-­‐880-­‐QATAR. 2009 Guarino, Cassandra, Titus Galama, Louay Constant, G. Gonzalez, Jeffrey Tanner, and Charles Goldman. Development of a Finance System to Support K-­‐12 School Reform in Qatar. Santa Monica, CA: RAND. MG-­‐839-­‐QATAR. 2009 Gonzalez, G., Vinhuan Le, Markus Broer, Louis T. Mariano, Julie DaVanzo, Charles Goldman, and Enrique Froemel. Lessons from the Field: The Development of the Qatar Student Assessment System (2002-­‐2006). Santa Monica, CA: RAND. TR-­‐620-­‐QATAR. 2008 Gonzalez, G. , Karoly, Lynn, Constant, Louay, Salem, Hanine, and Charles Goldman.. “Facing Human Capital Challenges of the 21st Century: Education and Labor Market Initiatives in Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates.” RAND (MG-­‐786). Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation. 2006 2004 Santibañez, L., G. Gonzalez, P. Morrison, and S. Carroll, “Methods for Gauging the Target Populations that Community Colleges Serve.” Population Research and Policy Review, Vol. 26, No. 1 (51-­‐67). Santibañez, Lucrecia, Gabriella Gonzalez, Peter Morrison, Steve Carroll. Effects of Budget Limitations on the Los Angeles Community College District. Santa Monica, CA: RAND. TR-­‐122-­‐EDU. BOOKS and BOOK CHAPTERS 2011 Gonzalez, G., “Education and Employment in the Private Sector: Addressing Skills Mismatch in the GCC,” Education and the Requirements of the GCC Labor Markets, Abu Dhabi, UAE: The Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research. 2005 Gonzalez, G. Educational Attainment in Immigrant Families: Community Context and Family Background. New York, NY: LFB Scholarly Publishing 2004 Gonzalez, G. “The Effects of Family Background, Immigration Status, and Social Context on Latino Children’s Educational Attainment” in Raul Ybarra and Nancy Lopez (eds.) Creating Alternative Discourses in the Education of Latinos. New York, NY: Peter Lang Press Gabriella C. Gonzalez
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INVITED TALKS Gonzalez, G. “Employing Veterans in High-­‐Demand Jobs in Energy and Manufacturing”, Pittsburgh Forum on Veteran Employment, Sponsored by the Department of Labor, Department of Energy, Veterans Affairs, Allegheny Conference on Community Development, Chevron Corporation, and Hire Our Heroes. Pittsburgh, PA (November, 2014) Gonzalez, G. “Is Energy the New Steel? How Energy is Transforming the Local Economy,” Pittsburgh Post Gazette Energy Forum, Sponsored by Chevron Corporation and the Pittsburgh Post Gazette. http://old.post-­‐gazette.com/aboutpg/energyforum.asp. Video footage of the panel discussion and pre-­‐
panel segments are available at http://powersource.post-­‐gazette.com/energyforum. Pittsburgh, PA (September, 2014). Gonzalez, G. “Attracting and Retaining Diverse and Young Talent in the Energy Sector,” ShaleComm East Conference. Discussion session with over 100 energy-­‐sector employers to discuss activities and outreach efforts to attract and retain minority and young talent in STEM-­‐related positions in their businesses. Pittsburgh, PA (June, 2014) Gonzalez, G. “Appalachia’s Future in Energy: Research and Discussion of Workforce Education and Training needs,” Community Colleges of Appalachia Annual Conference. Discussion session with over 100 community college presidents, administrative staff, and teaching faculty from 39 community colleges in 14 states. Asheville, NC (June, 2014) Gonzalez, G. “Immigrants and Immigration: Issues Over the Horizon for Pittsburgh,” presented at the Labor and Employment Relations Association (LERA) of Southwestern Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, PA, (March, 2012) Gonzalez, G. “Comprehensive Immigration Reform: What are the Issues and how Does this Affect Pittsburgh?” roundtable discussant sponsored by Pittsburgh Area Jewish Committee (PAJC), Pittsburgh, PA, (January, 2010) Gonzalez, G. “Millennium Development Goal 2: Discussion of Education Reform Efforts in the Middle East” presented at Global Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, (November, 2009) Gonzalez, G. “Sustaining and Scaling Up Initiatives to Promote School Leadership.” presented at The Wallace Foundation’s National Conference, Education Leadership: An Agenda for School Improvement, Washington, D.C. (October, 2009) Gonzalez, G. “Promoting Diversity in Corporations: A Review of RAND Research.” presented at the Western Pennsylvania Diversity Initiative Annual Diversity and Inclusion Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, (October, 2009) PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS American Sociological Association -­‐ Section on the Sociology of Education -­‐ Section on Latino/a Sociology -­‐ Section on Migration and Immigration American Educational Research Association -­‐ Sociology of Education special interest group Sociology of Education Association Gabriella C. Gonzalez
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