Alterman is an expert in implementation, qualitative methods, and operations, specializing in collaborating with programs to operationalize learnings from studies in real time. Her expertise includes stakeholder interviews, qualitative analysis, and large-scale, multi-site implementation data collection. Her work largely focuses on programs supporting high schoolers and young adults as they transition to college and career.
She currently directs an evaluation of the New York City Department of Youth and Community Development’s Advance & Earn program, which connects opportunity youth to education and workforce training, as well as a national scan of education and career outcomes for P-TECH students. She also leads implementation research on two Institute of Education Sciences research grants based in New York City high schools: the New York City Public Schools Pathways Initiative, which provides career-connected learning through partnerships with schools, intermediaries, and employers, and the Study of Urban Assembly, a school support network focused on career and technical education and social-emotional learning.
Her past work includes leading the implementation research for the P-TECH 9-14 evaluation IES research grant, developing the Reconnecting Youth compendium, and examining programs serving opportunity youth for the Department of Health and Human Services.
She has also served as a resource manager for the K-12 Education policy area, overseeing project budgets and staffing, building project work plans, and working on long-term planning with department leaders. Alterman holds a BA in sociology from Johns Hopkins University.
