Aubree Hughart-Thomas

Senior Research & Data Analyst

Aubree Hughart-Thomas (she/her) is a third-year Ph.D. student and Distinguished Doctoral Fellow studying Higher Education at the University of Arkansas. She holds a master's degree in College Student Personnel from Bowling Green State University and a bachelor's degree in Interdisciplinary Studies from Arkansas State University. She currently works as a research analyst and master’s-level instructor at the University of Arkansas and provides independent consulting and research analyst services through her contract work.

Aubree’s research interests include quantitative methods and statistics in education, education policy and reform, and higher education finance. An Arkansas native, she has a specific interest in aiding low-income, rural, and first-generation students attend and succeed in college. Her research on colleges and their students has been published in peer-reviewed journals and presented at national higher education conferences.