Erica Sterling is a Ph.D. candidate in the History Department at Harvard. Her research focuses on the history of education law and policy, and twentieth-century U.S. urban and philanthropic history. Her dissertation traces the evolution of federal school choice policies, illustrating how philanthropists, federal bureaucrats, and community organizers sought to reform K-12 public schools in the midst of Cold War-fueled education research and development. At Harvard, Erica is a Presidential Scholar and has worked as a teaching fellow for numerous courses on the history of race and American politics. Her work has been supported by the National Academy of Education/Spencer Foundation, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Lyndon Johnson Presidential Library, and more. Erica holds a B.A. in History and Psychology from Emory University.