Dana is currently a Students-at-the-Center “Distinguished Fellow” with Jobs for the Future/the Nellie Mae Foundation. She is the founding editor of the International Journal of Student Voice and the co-editor of the American Journal of Education. She was a Fulbright-Nehru Scholar in 2012, studying child participation and educational reform in Bangalore, India. Her prior work experience also includes teaching elementary school in the Washington, DC area and serving as the coordinator for two White House Conferences on Character Education.

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