Anna Moyer

Anna Moyer is an assistant professor of educational leadership and policy at The University of Alabama. Her research focuses on how K-12 educational organizations recruit, retain, and develop effective teachers and school leaders. She uses large-scale longitudinal data, survey data, and interview data to answer policy-relevant questions related to educators' pathways into leadership positions, assistant principals’ roles, and family-friendly workplace supports for teachers.

Dr. Moyer partners with state departments of education as a research affiliate with the Tennessee Education Research Alliance, the Michigan Education Research Institute, the University of Houston Educational Research Center, and the Alabama State Department of Education. She recently served as a Design Team member for the Alabama Principal Leadership Development System (APLDS), where she advised on the implementation of a statewide performance evaluation system for principals and assistant principals.

She holds a Ph.D. in Education Policy and Leadership from Vanderbilt University, an M.A. in Education Policy from Teachers College, Columbia University, and a B.A. in Urban Studies from Wellesley College. Prior to her academic career, she worked as a middle school social studies and literacy teacher in rural Louisiana and in Nashville, Tennessee.