Petria Hoffpauir is the director of educational innovation at Common Sense Society. She has over fifteen years of experience in operations, programming, research, recruitment, and curriculum development in higher education, state government, and the nonprofit sector. Prior to joining CSS, she was assistant director of the Clemson Institute for the Study of Capitalism at Clemson University. She holds a B.A. in government from Skidmore College and an M.A. in politics from Claremont Graduate University, where she is currently a Ph.D. candidate.