Contact
- Email: enfr@udel.edu
- Office: 219E Willard Hall
- Phone: 302-831-3117
- Fax: 302-831-4110
Curriculum Vitae
View CVElizabeth Farley-Ripple
Professor
Dr. Elizabeth N. Farley-Ripple is a professor in the School of Education, co-directs the Center for Research Use in Education, and is the Director of the Partnership for Public Education at the University of Delaware. She holds a Ph.D. in Education from the University of Pennsylvania and has more than 20 years of experience in education research, where she has worked collaboratively with educators, policymakers, and scholars across the globe. Her research expertise is evidence use and knowledge mobilization, and recent work focuses educators’ use of research and data, the role of leadership in evidence-informed improvement, systems and structures that support knowledge mobilization across the educational ecosystem, and improving and professionalizing the role of knowledge brokers. Dr. Farley-Ripple has been awarded grants from the Wallace Foundation, Institute for Education Sciences, National Science Foundation, Spencer Foundation, the William T. Grant Foundation, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Her work has been published research in respected journals such as Educational Researcher, Journal of Educational Administration, Educational Policy, American Journal of Education, Educational Management, Administration and Leadership, and Urban Education.
Educational Background
- Ph.D., Education Policy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2008
- M.A., Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences, Columbia University, New York, NY, 2001
- B.S., Foreign Service, International Development, Latin American Studies, Georgetown University, Washington, DC
Professional Experience
- Senior Associate Director, School of Education, University of Delaware, 2024-present
- Professor, School of Education, University of Delaware, 2023-present
- Director, Partnership for Public Education, University of Delaware, 2016–present
- Associate Director, School of Education, University of Delaware, 2015–2018
- Associate Professor, School of Education, University of Delaware, 2015–2023
- Assistant Professor, School of Education, University of Delaware, 2008–2015
Recent Grants
- May, H. (PI), Farley-Ripple, E. (co-PI). The Center for Research Use in Education (CRUE) (R305C150017). US Department of Education, Institute for Education Sciences, 2015–2020. ($4,999,958)
- Farley-Ripple, E. (co-PI). Understanding Leverage Points: How Do Teachers Use Data to Inform Instruction? Spencer Foundation, Evidence for the Classroom Initiative, in partnership with the Northwest Evaluation Association, 2014. ($300,000)
- Coker, D. (PI), MacArthur, C. and Farley-Ripple, E. (co-PIs). Investigating the Impact of Classroom Instruction and Literacy Skills on Writing Achievement in Elementary Schools (R305A110484). US Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, Education Research, Development and Dissemination, 2011–2015. ($1,496,813.00)
Recent Professional Awards
- Mid-Career Faculty Excellence in Scholarship Award, University of Delaware, 2019
- Dean’s Faculty Research Award, College of Education and Human Development, University of Delaware, 2013
- Pennsylvania Educational Research Association Distinguished Paper Award, 2012
- American Educational Research Association Districts in Reform Special Interest Group Outstanding Dissertation Award, 2009