Christopher A. Cody is a senior researcher at American Institutes for Research, where he works on the Education Statistics Services Institute Network project as director of the postsecondary administrative data division task. As director of the postsecondary administrative data division project, Cody also serves as a survey director for the integrated postsecondary education data system at the National Center for Education Statistics, where he also serves as a task lead for the longitudinal studies support team. Prior to joining American Institutes for Research, Cody was the director of research and public policy at The Public School Forum of North Carolina. While there, he, was also a fellow with the education policy fellowship program sponsored by the Institute for Education Leadership. Cody earned his bachelor’s degree from Wake Forest University, his master’s degree in public affairs from Western Carolina University, and his Ph.D. in public administration from North Carolina State University.
