Leadership and Partners
Jennifer Randall (she/her)
Chief Visionary
Dr. Jennifer Randall is the Founder and Chief Visionary of the Center for Measurement Justice and the Dunn Family Endowed Professor of Psychometrics and Test Development at the University of Michigan. Dr. Randall, previously a public-school teacher, is a field expert on community-informed measurement practices, developed through an iterative design process that includes the perspectives/inputs of Black, Brown and Indigenous children, families and teachers. Her research focuses on developing culturally sustaining and antiracist assessments in reading, math, and social studies and building diverse researcher pipelines in the fields of measurement and education.
Dr. Randall has served as an associate editor for the Journal of Educational Measurement (2016 – 2018), chair of the Diversity Issues in Testing Committee for the National Council for Measurement in Education (NCME), chair of the Research on Evaluation Special Interest Group for the American Educational Research Association (AERA), and co-chair of the Northeastern Educational Research Association 2013 and NCME 2015 Annual Conferences. She currently serves as a founding board member for Women in Measurement, Inc., a nonprofit organization with a mission to advance gender and racial equity in the field of educational measurement and the chair of the International Test Commission’s Justice and Equity Committee. Dr. Randall has also served as a technical advisor for the National Assessment of Educational Progress in mathematics (2019-present) and reading (2018-2019), as well as state assessments including Michigan, Nevada. Puerto Rico, and Oregon.
Dr. Nisha Acharya Julien (she/her)
Stafford Hood Fellow
Dr. Julien is the Stafford Hood Fellow at the Center for Measurement Justice. She pursued her Ph.D. in Innovative Curriculum and Instruction at Fordham University where she is an adjunct faculty member. Dr. Julien brings over a decade of experience in the field of education, including as a researcher, regional director of programs for an edtech company, curriculum writer, school administrator, and teaching roles in both charter schools and the NYC Department of Education.
Dr. Julien is deeply committed to uplifting and empowering marginalized communities by amplifying their voices in the education sector. Her work emphasizes the importance of justice-centered assessments and practices to center student-centered learning and experiences, especially in marginalized communities. Through her research and advocacy, she seeks to disrupt systemic barriers and promote solutions that foster equity, ensuring that every learner has the opportunity to thrive.
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