Kristin Nafziger
Vice President
Contact
KristinNafziger@westat.comOverview
Kristin Nafziger is a Vice President for Education Studies. She brings more than 20 years of experience successfully supporting federal and state governments and foundations to implement high-quality, evidence-based programs to improve education outcomes for students and families. Her work involves translating research to practice by developing policy and program guidelines, providing responsive technical support, and implementing engaging research-based training to build educators’ capacity to implement programs.
Nafziger has demonstrated expertise in facilitating strategic performance management and communications working with clients to design and use local performance measures to continuously improve their organizational effectiveness. Her programmatic work has addressed a range of topics, including afterschool programming, school choice, early learning, K-12 interventions, and collective impact initiatives.
Education
- MA, Communication Studies, Texas Tech University
- BBA, Management, Texas Tech University
Areas of Expertise
Education Educator Effectiveness Learning Acceleration Policy Support Technical Assistance Training and CoachingTopics
K-12 Learning-
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Improving Student Success Through Innovation and ResearchJune 2025
How do you turn innovative ideas into real, measurable improvements for students? One of the major tools available to support these efforts is the Education…
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Annals of Work Exposures and Health
January 2022
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A randomized trial of telephone-based smoking cessation treatment in the lung cancer screening setting
Journal of Thoracic Oncology
January 2022
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DOILink for: A randomized trial of telephone-based smoking cessation treatment in the lung cancer screening setting