Mingyan Ma is a doctoral student in Educational Policy Studies at Wheelock College of Education & Human Development, Boston University. She is also a research assistant at the Wheelock Educational Policy Center (WEPC). Her research employs quantitative methods, including causal inference and natural language processing, to investigate how structural features of education systems create or mitigate barriers to opportunity for students and educators. She focuses on teacher workforce policy—including alternative pathways, financial aid programs, and beginning teacher support—and the educational contexts in which teachers work, including early childhood education and multilingual learner supports.
She has a B.Mgt. from Nanjing University and an M.A. in economics and education from Columbia University. Prior to starting her Ph.D., she was a senior research assistant at Peking University.
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Email: mdma@bu.edu
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Mingyan Ma 