Elizabeth Tipton
Professor of Statistics and Data Science
Northwestern University
Faculty Fellow, Institute for Policy Research
I develop methods for designing studies and for building evidence that decision-makers can use.
Recently
- Apr 2026 What schools want vs. what evidence can deliver — PIER seminar, Harvard Graduate School of Education.
- 2025 Elected to the National Academy of Education.
- 2025 Designing Small Evaluation Studies, with Larry Hedges — Sage.
Curriculum vitae
Elizabeth Tipton
Appointments
- 2023 –Professor of Statistics and Data Science, Northwestern UniversityProfessor (by courtesy), School of Education and Social Policy
- 2024 –Senior Fellow, Spencer Foundation
- 2018 –Faculty Fellow, Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University
- 2018–23Associate Professor of Statistics (with tenure), Northwestern University
- 2011–18Assistant / Associate Professor of Applied Statistics, Teachers College, Columbia University
Education
- 2011PhD, Statistics, Northwestern UniversityCertificate in Education Science
- 2005MA, Sociology, University of Chicago
- 2001BA, Mathematics, Transylvania Universitysumma cum laude
Selected honors
- 2025Elected Member, National Academy of Education
- 2024Fellow, American Statistical Association
- 2024Fellow, American Educational Research Association
- 2023, 2024Highly Cited Researcher, Clarivate Web of Science1 in 1,000
- 2020Frederick Mosteller Award, The Campbell Collaboration
- 2017Anne Anastasi Distinguished Early Career Award, APA Division 5
- 2017Elected Member, Society for Research Synthesis Methodsmembership limited to 85 researchers
- 2016Early Career Award for Quantitative Research Methodology, AERA Division D
Active grants
- 2025–28PI · Developing and Evaluating Tools for Communicating Statistical Evidence to Education Decision-MakersIES Statistical Methods · R305D240023 · $899,696
- 2024–29PI · Evaluation of a culturally responsive project-based learning intervention in secondary scienceEIR, US Department of Education · $1,500,000
- 2024–27co-PI · A Summer RCT Institute for Established ResearchersIES Training · R305B240008 · $799,925
- 2023–28co-I · Precise Prediction and Treatment of Seizures After Intracranial HemorrhageNINDS · 1R01NS117608 · $3,905,393
Editorial
- 2026–28Management Committee, Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics
- 2023 –Editorial Board, AERA Open
- 2017 –Editorial Board, Research Synthesis Methods
- 2014 –Editorial Board, Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness
- 2013 –Editorial Board, Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics
Leadership
- 2024–26President, Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness
- 2024–26Chair, Social Statistics Section, American Statistical Association
- 2022–24Board Member, Blueprints for Healthy Youth Development
- 2022Committee Member, The Future of Education Research at IESNational Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine