Graduate School of Education
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Yan Jiang
Postdoctoral Scholar, Education
BioDr. Yan Jiang is a Postdoctoral Scholar at the Stanford Center on Early Childhood. She earned her Ph.D. in Education Studies with a specialization in Computational Social Science from the University of California, San Diego. Her research lies at the intersection of research methodology and early childhood education, focusing on computational analysis of text data and equitable access to high-quality early care and education. Using computational, quantitative, and qualitative methods, her work reimagines the conceptions of early care and education quality in global contexts and amplifies the voices of communities historically underrepresented. Her scholarship has been recognized with the Dissertation Funding Award from the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD), the Yankelovich Graduate Research Grant, and the International Institute Research Fellowship from UC San Diego. Her research has appeared in leading journals, including Educational Researcher, Review of Educational Research, and Early Education and Development.
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Mridul Joshi
Ph.D. Student in Education, admitted Autumn 2022
BioMy research primarily focuses on the economics of education and education policy in low-income countries, applying insights from psychology. Recently, I have been dabbling in machine learning and natural language processing and its applications to education research. I have previously worked at the Development Innovation Lab (UChicago), J-PAL and the OECD. Visit my personal website for more information.
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Shashank V. Joshi, MD
Professor (Teaching) of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Child Development) and, by courtesy of Pediatrics and, of Education
On Partial Leave from 08/01/2025 To 06/30/2026Current Research and Scholarly InterestsDr. Joshi's teaching and research focuses on increasing knowledge and effectiveness of school mental health, youth wellbeing, positive psychology, pediatric psychotherapy and medication interventions. Areas of study include: the therapeutic alliance in medical care, structured psychotherapy interventions, cultural issues in pediatrics, wellbeing promotion and suicide prevention in schools settings, and faculty development in graduate medical education.
