Biography Estela Lopez is a second-year Ph.D. student in the Educational Policy Studies program and is concentrating in Comparative International Education and Global Studies. Estela’s research interests include the intersection of race, gender, and class status and inequalities in STEM education and the labor market in the U.S. and Brazil; science and math identity development; …
Biography Zaira Magaña is a PhD student in Educational Policy Studies, with a concentration in Comparative and International Education, at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. She earned her BA in Pedagogy and her MSc in Public Policy from the University of Bristol. Beyond academia, Zaira has participated in educational and human rights projects with schools and …
Biography Stella Makhuva is a master’s student in the Department of Educational Policy Studies, specializing in Comparative and International Education. She brings over a decade of experience as an education and community development researcher, working with both local and international organizations in Malawi, Africa. Her research focuses on the intersections of educational quality and inclusion, …
Biography Jonathan Marino is a doctoral student in the Educational Policy Studies. His research interests are in comparative and international education, teacher working conditions and well-being, literacy, early childhood education and mixed-methods research design. At UW-Madison he is an affiliate researcher in UW Center for Research on Early Childhood Education (CRECE) and is an Institute …
Biography I am currently pursuing a Master in Educational Policy Studies with a specialization in Comparative and International Education, as well as a Master in Latin American, Caribbean, and Iberian Studies, both at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. I hold a bachelor’s degree in Performing Arts and a postgraduate degree in Public Policy and Government from …
Biography Morgan Mayer-Jochimsen is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Educational Policy Studies at UW-Madison. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics from Scripps College. After completing her undergraduate studies, she served as a youth worker with Girls Inc, facilitating STEM programming for girls K-8, and as a program coordinator at the UW-Madison …
Biography Sultan Mohammed Zakaria Mazumder is a doctoral student in the department of Educational Policy Studies (EPS) with a concentration in comparative international education and global studies. Zakaria’s research interest lies in the intersection of education, democracy, and human rights. Prior to joining the UW-Madison, Zakaria worked both in academia and industry. His past academic …
Biography I am a joint Ph.D. student in Educational Policy Studies and History. I am broadly interested in gender, women, and sexuality in the late twentieth century United States (around 1960s-1990s). My current research centers the history of girlhood, focusing on girls’ culture and activism in American high schools. I earned my M.A. in history …
Biography Alexandra Pasqualone is a PhD student in Educational Policy Studies concentrating in history. Her research interests center around the implications of schools on Arab-American identity formation during the mid-twentieth century. She is also broadly interested in the historical role of youths as major activists who spurred changes within their communities. As part of her …
Biography Thao is a Ph.D. student in Educational Policy Studies with a concentration in Comparative and International Education. Before coming to UW-Madison, she earned a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Manchester, UK, and a Master’s degree in Public Administration from Indiana University – Bloomington. Her research focuses on how cultural and institutional …