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Our Consultants

Data Works comprises a diverse team of consultants with a wide range of content knowledge and technical skills.
Our range of expertise crosses both methods and disciplines, delivering real results and tools that help organizations meet the needs of their clients.

Angelica
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Angelica Thompson, Ph.D.
CEO & Chief Research & Evaluation Officer
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Dr. Angelica Thompson is a researcher and analytical strategist dedicated to empowering individuals to reach their full potential. She holds a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology & Research and brings over 17 years of experience to her work. Dr. Thompson is particularly committed to promoting equity and access, with a focus on improving academic, social, and economic outcomes for historically marginalized communities. Self-motivated and progress-driven, Dr. Thompson is the founder and CEO of Data Works, Inc.—a minority- and woman-owned business—where she assists community-based organizations in enhancing their services by evaluating program effectiveness and providing evidence-based recommendations for improvement. Dr. Thompson specializes in outcome and impact evaluations and is skilled in building organizational capacity to understand and utilize these evaluations effectively.
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For more than 15 years. Dr. Thompson has served as a Research Advisor for a large-scale, urban school district, designing research projects, evaluating state and federal programs and initiatives, and producing publication-quality reports. Most notably, Dr. Thompson conducted a research study, Investigating Inequities in Disciplinary Practices in SCS, to explore school-level factors contributing to ethnic- and gender-based discipline disparities within the district.
In her current role as Vice President of Research and Evaluation for a national non-profit, Dr. Thompson oversees initiatives aimed at assessing the effectiveness of strategies to increase economic equity through rigorous tech training.
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Dr. Thompson is a member of the American Evaluators Association (AEA) and the OUT Georgia Business Alliance.

Education
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  • Ph.D., Educational Psychology & Research, Concentration in Educational Psychology, University of Memphis
  • M.S., Psychology, University of Memphis
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Focus Areas
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  • Racial and economic inequalities in education
  • Implicit and explicit bias
  • Drop-out prevention
     
Expertise
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  • Outcome evaluations
  • Impact evaluation
  • Survey development
     
Select Publications & Presentations
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  • The effectiveness of early warning indicators (EWI) in dropout prevention. (2017, March). A report produced for Shelby County Schools Department of Research and Performance Management.
  • The academic outcomes of students affected by school closures. (2018). A report produced for Shelby County Schools Department of Research and Performance Management.
  • The relationships among race, gender, school poverty concentration, mathematics achievement, and educational values of students and peers. (2013, April). Education and Poverty: Theory, Research, Policy, and Praxis. Conference hosted by the American Educational Research Association (AERA), San Francisco, CA.
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