Erin M. Fahle

Erin M. Fahle is the executive director of the Educational Opportunity Project at Stanford University, where she researches how social and school contexts shape gender, racial, and socioeconomic inequalities in educational opportunity and student achievement. Her work helps states, districts, and schools identify policy and practice interventions to improve educational outcomes. She was previously an assistant professor in the School of Education at St. John’s University and a research scientist at NWEA. Fahle’s research has been published in Educational Researcher and the American Educational Research Journal and has been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and NPR. Fahle earned her BS in mathematics and an MS in applied mathematics and statistics from Georgetown University and a PhD in education policy from Stanford University.
updated 2025