Renee Ryberg
Senior Research Scientist, Child Trends
Bio
Renee Ryberg, Ph.D., is a Senior Research Scientist at Child Trends, where she leads the organization's higher education work with a focus on equity and highlighting the experiences of “today’s students,” including first-generation college students and parenting students. Trained as a life course sociologist and demographer, her work focuses on the intersection of poverty and education. She strives to dismantle the barriers that children and families with low incomes face in accessing education and navigating what lies beyond.
Dr. Ryberg's recent reports examine how colleges and universities can support parenting students with accessible and equitable environments and services, including the use of navigation services to connect students with existing resources in the community.
Bio
Renee Ryberg, Ph.D., is a Senior Research Scientist at Child Trends, where she leads the organization's higher education work with a focus on equity and highlighting the experiences of “today’s students,” including first-generation college students and parenting students. Trained as a life course sociologist and demographer, her work focuses on the intersection of poverty and education. She strives to dismantle the barriers that children and families with low incomes face in accessing education and navigating what lies beyond.
Dr. Ryberg's recent reports examine how colleges and universities can support parenting students with accessible and equitable environments and services, including the use of navigation services to connect students with existing resources in the community.