Melissa A. Rodgers

Melissa A. Rodgers, PhD is a Quantitative Researcher at American Institutes for Research (AIR). Rodgers is the project director of the IES-funded meta-analytic grant evaluating the impact of postsecondary nudging interventions on college enrollment, persistence and achievement. Rodgers is also the quantitative lead on multiple educational research projects including meta-analytic studies, evaluation of teacher preparation and training programs, and student web-based interventions to improve academic achievement in math, English and civic education. In this role, her primary responsibilities include the development and implementation of methodological strategy, management of large relational datasets, conduct analyses using advanced analytic methods, and management of junior staff to assist with these efforts. In August 2026, she obtained her doctoral degree in Quantitative Methods in Educational Psychology from The University of Texas at Austin. Her methodological research focuses on research synthesis in education and psychology, specifically the evaluation and advancement of methodologies to handle the influence of design, selection and publication bias.