Dr. Anjali Srivastava has over a decade of experience in social science research. She joined CESP after working on education and workforce topics at the Rutgers School of Management and Labor Relations’ Education and Employment Research Center (EERC). While at EERC, she led an evaluation of community colleges implementing apprenticeships. She was also a key member of research teams studying the relationship between technician training and economic development and cataloguing and analyzing states’ noncredit education administrative data.

At CESP, Dr. Srivastava is part of a research team studying the effects of coaching on doctoral students’ academic journeys. She is enthusiastic about studying the higher education experiences, skills, and credentials that students gain which connect them to labor markets and prepare them for future endeavors. She brings experience working on studies of K-12 students as well. Her background encompasses working in academic and nonprofit organizational settings and using both qualitative and quantitative methods. 

Dr. Srivastava holds a Ph.D. from the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers, an MA in Sociology from Rutgers and a BA from the University of Chicago.