Prior to joining CSCCE in 2018, Sean conducted research at the intersection of community development and education policy, focusing on facilities financing for early childhood education and K-12 public schools, as well as housing segregation and access to educational opportunity. As a researcher at the Center for Cities + Schools, he led a workforce study of Berkeley Unified School District staff to understand their housing needs and inform a potential housing assistance plan for district employees. That research led to an interest in improving outcomes for children by focusing on policies that affect the educator workforce – and led him to CSCCE, where he now works on the California ECE Workforce Study. Sean holds a Master of City Planning degree from the University of California, Berkeley.
Publications by Sean Doocy
May 5, 2022 • Peer-Reviewed Article • By Yoonjeon Kim, Elena Montoya, Sean Doocy, Lea J.E. Austin and Marcy Whitebook
In this article, published in the 3rd Quarter 2022 volume of Early Childhood Research Quarterly, Dr. Kim, Ms. Montoya, and co-authors highlight how the impacts of COVID-19 systematically varied between…
The Consequences of Invisibility: COVID-19 and the Human Toll on California Early Educators
April 21, 2021 • Report • By Sean Doocy, Yoonjeon Kim, Elena Montoya and Raúl Chávez
This research paper is part of the California ECE COVID-19 Impact Study and expands upon an initial data snapshot released in July 2020. As…
California Child Care in Crisis: The Escalating Impacts of COVID-19 as California Reopens
July 22, 2020 • Data Snapshot • By Sean Doocy, Yoonjeon Kim and Elena Montoya
The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted an unprecedented crisis in California child care. In May 2020, the Center for the Study of Child Care Employment (CSCCE) released results from a survey…