Faculty Profiles

Elizondo, M., Yu, J., Payan, D., Feng, L., & Tesic, J. (2025). Novel Considerations in the ML/AI Modeling of Large-Scale Learning Loss. IEEE Access, 13, 7780–7792. https://doi.org/10.1109/access.2025.3526412

Ye, X., Zhai, M., & Feng, L. (2025). Free Teacher Education in Rural China: Incentives and Challenges. China Economic Review, 93, 102486. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chieco.2025.102486

Feng, L., Close, E. W., Luxford, C. J., Pierson, J. A., Olmstead, A. R., Shim, J., … Galloway, H. C. (2024). Transforming Undergraduate STEM Education: The Learning Assistant Model and Student Retention and Graduation Rates. Research in Higher Education, 66(4). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11162-024-09823-5

Feng, L., Close, E. W., Luxford, C. J., Pierson, J. A., Olmstead, A. R., Shim, J., … Galloway, H. C. (2024). Transforming Undergraduate STEM Education: The Learning Assistant Model and Student Retention and Graduation Rates. Research in Higher Education, 66(1). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11162-024-09823-5

Feng, L., Chih, Y.-Y., Gai, Y., & MacDonald, L. (2024). The Impact of Developing Hispanic-Serving Institution Program on College Persistence, Completion Rates, and Student Debt (Vol. CESifo Working Paper No. 11392). Munich, Germany, Germany: CESifo Working Papers ISSN 2364-1428 (electronic version). Retrieved from https://www.cesifo.org/node/83097

Hansen, M., Feng, L., Kumar, D., & Zerbino, N. (2024). STEM teacher workforce in high-need schools resilient despite shrinking supply and increasing demand. Retrieved from http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED660205.pdf

Gilmour, A. F., Feng, L., & Theobald, R. (2024). Leveraging Administrative Data to Study the Special Education Teacher Workforce. Remedial and Special Education. https://doi.org/10.1177/07419325241262971

Kumar, D. D., Moffitt, S., Hansen, M., & Feng, L. (2024). STEM Teacher Preparation for High-Need Schools: Inventory of Selected NSF Robert Noyce Programs. Journal of Science Education and Technology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10956-024-10167-z

Feng, L., Kolbe, T., Dhuey, E., & Shim, J. (n.d.). Chapter 13: Exploring Incentive and Special Education Workforce Compensation Programs for Retention. In Transforming the Special Education Workforce: Research and Complex Systems Perspectives.

Odell, M., Feng, L., Thomas, C., Stocks, E., & Massey, P. (2023). Board 152: An Analysis of School District Adoption of K-12 Engineering Curriculum (Evaluation)(DEI). Retrieved from https://peer.asee.org/42490

Feng, L., Massey, P., & Odell, M. (2023). Board 158: Creating a Pipeline of Future Engineers in Texas (Evaluation) (DEI). Retrieved from https://peer.asee.org/42502

Ye, X., Zhai, M., Feng, L., Xie, A., Wang, W., & Wu, H. (2022). Still want to be a doctor? Medical student dropout in the era of COVID-19. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2021.12.034

Wan, M., Feng, L., Meng, X., Zhai, M., & Konopaske, R. (2021). Working college students’ time pressure and work-school conflict: Do boundary permeability and dispositional mindfulness matter? Psychological Reports, 125(6), 3100-3125 (ABDC: N/A, CABS: 1). https://doi.org/10.1177/00332941211029621.

Feng, L., Hansen, M., & Kumar, D. (2021, July 16). The Robert Noyce Scholarship and the STEM teacher pipeline. The Brookings Institution. BROWN CENTER CHALKBOARD.

Feng, L. (2020). Chapter 30 - Compensating differentials in teacher labor markets. In S. Bradley & C. Green (Eds.), The Economics of Education (Second Edition) (pp. 415–430). Academic Press. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-815391-8.00030-6

Hansen, M., & Feng, L. (2019). Using teacher loan forgiveness to attract a stronger, more diverse workforce. The Brookings Institution. https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/12~….

Feng, L., Figlio, D., & Sass, T. (2018). School accountability and teacher mobility. Journal of Urban Economics, 103, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jue.2017.11.001

Hansen, M., Quintero, D., & Feng, L. (2018). Can money attract more minorities into the teaching profession? Brown Center Chalkboard, The Brookings Institution. https://www.brookings.edu/blog/brown-center-chalkboard/2018/03/20/can-money~….

Feng, L., & Sass, T. R. (2017). The Impact of Incentives to Recruit and Retain Teachers in “Hard-to-Staff” Subjects. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 37(1), 112–135. https://doi.org/10.1002/pam.22037

Feng, L., & Sass, T. R. (2017). Teacher Quality and Teacher Mobility. Education Finance and Policy, 12(3), 396–418. https://doi.org/10.1162/EDFP_a_00214

Feng, L. (2017). Stemming the tide: Are public school districts keeping the best and brightest teachers? Brown Center Chalkboard, The Brookings Institution. https://www.brookings.edu/blog/brown-center-chalkboard/2017/06/01/stemming~….

Osborne-Lampkin, L., Cohen-Vogel, L., Feng, L., & Wilson, J. J. (2017). Researching Collective Bargaining Agreements: Building Conceptual Understanding in an Era of Declining Union Power. Educational Policy, 32(2), 152–188. https://doi.org/10.1177/0895904817745378

Gai, Y., & Feng, L. (2017). Relationship between pharmacist density and adult influenza vaccination after controlling for individual and neighborhood effects. Journal of the American Pharmacists Association, 57(4), 474-482.e12.

Gai, Y., Feng, L., & Hao, J. (2017). Local Labor Market Condition and Influenza Vaccination. Atlantic Economic Journal, 45(2), 181–199. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11293-017-9540-z

Feng, L. (2016). If we forgive your student loans, will you please come teach? Brown Center Chalkboard, The Brookings Institution. https://www.brookings.edu/blog/brown-center-chalkboard/2016/01/07/if-we~….

Shen, M., Gai, Y., & Feng, L. (2016). Limited Access to Healthcare among Hispanics in the US-Mexico Border Region. American Journal of Health Behavior, 40(5), 624–633. https://doi.org/10.5993/AJHB.40.5.9

Feng, L., & Sass, T. R. (2015). The Impact of Incentives to Recruit and Retain Teachers in “Hard-to-Staff” Subjects: An Analysis of the Florida Critical Teacher Shortage Program (NO. 141). National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research. Retrieved from http://www.caldercenter.org/sites/default/files/WP%20141.pdf

Feng, L. (2014). Teacher Placement, Mobility, and Occupational Choices after Teaching. Education Economics. Retrieved from 10.1080/09645292.2010.545521

Feng, L., Gai, Y., & Chen, X. (2014). Family Learning Environment and Early Literacy: A Comparison of Bilingual and Monolingual Children. Economics of Education Review. Retrieved from dx.doi.org/doi:10.1016/j.econedurev.2013.12.005

Cohen-Vogel, L., Feng, L., & Osborne-Lampkin, L. (2013). Seniority Provisions in Collective Bargaining Agreements and the “Teacher Quality Gap.” Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 35(3), 324–343. Retrieved from epa.sagepub.com/content/35/3/324

Feng, L., & Sass, T. R. (2013). What makes special-education teachers special? Teacher training and achievement of students with disabilities. Economics of Education Review, 36, 122–134. Retrieved from dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.econedurev.2013.06.006

Gai, Y., & Feng, L. (2013). Factors Associated With First-Time Use of Preventive Services in the United States. American Journal of Health Behavior, 37(2), 257–268. https://doi.org/10.5993/AJHB.37.2.13

Sass, T., Hannaway, J., Xu, Z., Figlio, D., & Feng, L. (2012). Value Added of Teachers in High-Poverty Schools and Lower-Poverty Schools. Journal of Urban Economics. Retrieved from www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0094119012000216

Gai, Y., & Feng, L. (2012). Effects of Federal Nutrition Program on Birth Outcomes. Atlantic Economic Journal, 40(1), 61–83. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11293-011-9294-y

Feng, L., & Sass, T. R. (2012). Competing Risks Analysis of Dropout and Educational Attainment for Students with Disabilities (No. 12-09, pp. 1–47). Andrew Young School of Policy Studies Research Paper Series. Retrieved from http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2020408

Feng, L., & Sass, T. (2011). Teacher Quality and Teacher Mobility. National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research, 57. Retrieved from http://www.caldercenter.org/upload/CALDERWorkPaper_57.pdf

Hannaway, J., Xu, Z., Sass, T., Figlio, D., & Feng, L. (2010). Value Added of Teachers in High-Poverty Schools and Lower-Poverty Schools. National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research. Retrieved from www.urban.org/UploadedPDF/1001469-calder-working-paper-52.pdf

Feng, L. (2010). Hire Today, Gone Tomorrow: New Teacher Classroom Assignments and Teacher Mobility. Education Finance and Policy, 5(3), 278–316.

Feng, L., Figlio, D., & Sass, T. (2010). School Accountability and Teacher Mobility. NBER Working Papers, (June 2010), 16070. Retrieved from www.nber.org/papers/w16070.pdf

Feng, L., & Sass, T. (2010, June). What Makes Special Education Teachers Special? Teacher Training and Achievement of Students with Disabilities. National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research. Retrieved from www.caldercenter.org/upload/CALDERWorkPaper_49.pdf

Feng, L. (2009). Opportunity Wages, Classroom Characteristics, and Teacher Mobility. Southern Economic Journal, 75(4), 1165–1190.

Hannaway, J., Xu, Z., Sass, T., Figlio, D., & Feng, L. (2009). Comparison of the Value Added of Teachers in High-Poverty Schools and Teachers in Lower Poverty Schools. U.S. Department of Education.

Feng, L. (2007). National Board Certified Teachers in Florida: A Descriptive Study of Teacher Mobility and Attrition. The National Academies.

McCaleb, T., Macpherson, D., Norrbin, S., MacDonald, L., & Feng, L. (2004). Review and Update of Florida’s Child Support Guidelines. Florida Legislature.