Dr. Nathan Tarr is an Academic Researcher for the EdPlus Action Lab at Arizona State University. The Action Lab is a data-driven, research-focused service organization—an impact hub—that supports ASU and EdPlus initiatives by equipping leaders with the insights and analyses they need to make informed, evidence-based decisions. Action Lab drives transformational change in education through data and research, focusing on learner behaviors and the factors that drive success. Our goal is to improve access and achievement while bolstering the development of quality education for all learners.
As a member of the Action Lab, Dr. Tarr's portfolio includes a variety of projects leveraging his expertise as a quantitative methodologist, aimed at improving student success, retention, persistence, and the accessibility of education at scale. Dr. Tarr integrates theoretically motivated research with data-driven results, distilling complex findings into actionable insights for academics and administrators throughout ASU.
Dr. Tarr's graduate research focused on the role that identity and ideology play in conflict, specifically subnational conflict. His dissertation, titled Ethno-Religious Conflict and the Duration of Peace: Autonomy, Discrimination, and Territory, addressed the various ways religion and ethnicity affect the likelihood of civil war recurrence.