Eupha Jeanne Daramola

Eupha Jeanne Daramola
Eupha Jeanne Daramola
Assistant Professor, School of Education,
University of California, Irvine

Eupha Jeanne Daramola is an assistant professor in the School of Education at UC Irvine. She is also an associate policy researcher at the RAND Corporation. Previously, she was a doctoral researcher in the Rossier School of Education at the University of Southern California. Before her research career, she taught 9th grade literature for five years at Mastery Charter Schools in Philadelphia, originally as a Teach For America corps member. Daramola earned her MS in education from the University of Pennsylvania and a PhD in urban education and leadership from the University of Southern California.

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Publications by Eupha Jeanne Daramola
Leadership, Partnership, and Community
This study of seven California school districts during the COVID-19 pandemic shows how districts responded in real-time to the crisis and structural racism. Districts showed resourcefulness, collaboration, and commitment to serving students and…
Evidence from the 2021 PACE/USC Rossier Poll
The brief reports on California voters’ attitudes and engagement with local school district governance using data from the 2021 PACE/USC Rossier Poll. The findings show high support for school boards, but less satisfaction with their performance…
California’s shift towards continuous improvement in education makes understanding how districts and schools can learn to improve a more pressing question than ever. The CORE Improvement Community (CIC), a network of California school…