Anastacia Cole

Evaluation Specialist

Anastacia Cole is an Evaluation Staff member at the University of Kentucky Evaluation Center and a Ph.D. candidate in the university’s Educational Psychology doctoral program. Anastacia brings a background in education and education research. --Bbefore becoming an Evaluator, she taught high school English Language Arts and undergraduate Educational Psychology courses for pre-service teachers. She was also a member of the P20 Motivation and Learning Lab, where she contributed to investigations of teaching and learning during COVID-19, before later serving as a Research Assistant at the Center. In her current role, Anastacia contributes to the evaluation of education-related programs and initiatives. Her work primarily focuses on qualitative methodologies, with much of her effort dedicated to supporting the evaluation of the statewide Full-Service Community Schools grant which aims to implement and scale community schools across the state. She also contributes to the evaluation of the Preschool Development Grant (PDG) from the Governor’s Office of Early Childhood (GOEC) and the Expertise for Classroom Equity through Literacy (ExCEL) project.