Ariana C Vasquez, PhD is an Arroyo Research Services Senior Associate responsible for project management, report writing, qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis including interviews, site visits and statistical analysis. Her work with ARS includes leading evaluation of Roots to STEMs, a National Science Foundation (NSF) funded project that seeks to increase access and performance of historically underserved students in the sciences, leading evaluation of FILTERED, a genomics education simulation developed by the Hudson Alpha Institute, and supporting projects that include community based teen optimal health, pregnancy prevention and migrant education programs.

Prior to joining Arroyo Research Services, Vasquez was a Research Associate at Colorado School of Mines, where she conducted in-depth research around engineering teaching and learning. Specifically, she conducted research on evidence-based teaching practices and educational development at the STEM university. As a Survey Team Manager with GLG in Austin, TX Vasquez designed and conducted surveys, led a small team, and assisted in large scale data collection. As a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the University of Pittsburgh in the Development and Motivation Lab, she conducted meta-analysis research around racial and ethnic socialization practices. Vasquez was a program manager and project evaluator for the Bullock Texas State History Museum where she designed program evaluations centered on increasing diversity among museum visitors and on a museum expansion project. Her work experience while a graduate student at The University of Texas at Austin included time at the Charles A. Dana Center, the Center for Teaching and Learning, and as a project manager for a large-scale longitudinal research study in high school science classrooms. Vasquez was a classroom teacher for 5 years, primarily teaching 7th and 8th grade English Language Arts at a charter school in south Dallas, KIPP: TRUTH Academy. Dr. Vasquez holds a PhD in Educational Psychology and an MA in Program Evaluation from The University of Texas at Austin, and an MA in Education and BA in Psychology from Austin College in Sherman, TX.