Dr. Katherine McKnight is a senior researcher in RTI's Center for Evaluation and Study of Educational Equity whose work emphasizes equity in education through teaching and learning, school improvement, and educator effectiveness. Using rigorous social science research methods, she designs and conducts studies using quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods, involving a wide array of data types, including but not limited to surveys of stakeholders; administrative data; interviews and focus groups; document analysis; and behavioral observations. Dr. McKnight received her PhD in clinical psychology from the University of Arizona in 2000, with a focus on research methodology and program evaluation. Dr. McKnight taught statistics and research methods at the University of Arizona and George Mason University and developed statistics courses for the American Evaluation Association and USAID to support capacity building within those organizations. Dr. McKnight is a strong proponent of participatory evaluation and research in which the beneficiaries of that research are involved and invested in conducting the studies and/or applying the findings. Her strengths include research and measurement design, data analysis, building collaborative partnerships, involving beneficiaries in research, disseminating results in a user-friendly format, and meeting with policymakers to identify actionable steps as a results of research findings.