Erica Plut brings more than a decade of experience in the field of education to her role as Research Manager at Empirical Education. Her career in education formally began in the classroom as a social studies and ELA teacher at the middle school level with Teach for America and expanded to assist with teaching and programming for all grades k-8 in an Oakland, CA charter school. She has also contributed to research in social and emotional and human development and has written and edited social and emotional learning curriculum. Plut holds a California Multiple Subject Teaching Credential and an MA from Stanford University in Curriculum and Teacher Education.