North Cooc

North Cooc is an associate professor of special education if the College of Education at the University of Texas at Austin. He is also a core faculty member with the Center for Asian American Studies in the College of Liberal Arts at UT Austin. His research agenda focuses on three main areas: 1) the role of schools and social institutions in reducing racial and ethnic disparities in academic and social outcomes; 2) the unequal opportunities of children with disabilities in navigating the special education system; and 3) the preparation of a culturally sustaining teacher workforce. He previously worked in education research and conducted evaluations of afterschool programs and literacy initiatives at Policy Studies Associates in Washington, DC. He has also taught middle school English in Shizuoka, Japan through the Japan Exchange and Teaching Program. Dr. Cooc holds an EdD in quantitative policy analysis and an EdM in education policy jointly from Harvard University along with a BA in history and Japanese from the University of California, Berkeley.

updated 2024