Stanford University
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Susanna Loeb
Professor of Education and Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research
BioSusanna Loeb is a Professor at the Graduate School of Education. She was Director of the Annenberg Institute at Brown University, where she was also Professor of Education and of International and Public Affairs and the founder and executive director of the National Student Support Accelerator, which aims to expand access to relationship-based, high-impact tutoring in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Susanna’s research focuses broadly on education policy and its role in improving educational opportunities for students. Her work has addressed issues of educator career choices and professional development, of school finance and governance, and of early childhood systems. Before moving to Brown, Susanna was the Barnett Family Professor of Education at Stanford. She was the founding director of the Center for Education Policy at Stanford and co-director of Policy Analysis for California Education. Susanna led the research for both Getting Down to Facts projects for California schools. In 2020, she was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She is also an affiliate at NBER and JPAL and a member of the National Academy of Education.
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Rachel Lotan
Professor (Teaching) of Education, Emerita
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsEquitable teaching and learning in heterogeneous classrooms; Teaching as a profession in international contexts, Curriculum development.
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Prashant Loyalka
Associate Professor of Education and Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsPrashant's research focuses on examining/addressing inequalities in the education of youth and on understanding/improving the quality of education received by youth in a number of countries including China, India, Russia, and the United States. In the course of addressing educational inequalities, Prashant examines the consequences of tracking, financial and informational constraints, as well as social and psychological factors in highly competitive education systems. His work on understanding educational quality is built around research that assesses and compares student learning in higher education, high school and compulsory schooling. He furthermore conducts large-scale evaluations of educational programs and policies that seek to improve student outcomes.
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Leslie Patricia Luqueño
Ph.D. Student in Education, admitted Autumn 2020
Ph.D. Minor, Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity
Research Assistant for CTL grant, Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality StudiesCurrent Research and Scholarly InterestsMy current research lies at the intersection of higher education, immigration, and family studies, with an emphasis on how the children of Latinx immigrants make sense of their higher education trajectories and aspirations. I am particularly interested in the role of families within college choice decision-making and employ both qualitative and data science methods to investigate how familial values and knowledge is employed throughout the college application process for Latinx students.
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Ludmille Lyvert
Ph.D. Student in Education, admitted Autumn 2025
BioLudmille Lyvert is an incoming PhD student in Education at the Stanford Graduate School of Education. Originally from Haiti, she earned her bachelor’s degree in education from Université Quisqueya and completed a master’s degree in Women’s Studies at the University of Alabama in 2025 as a Fulbright Scholar.
With over five years of experience in education and non-profit work, Ludmille is committed to advancing equitable access to education and empowering communities through civic and human rights education. Her research focuses on the intersection of policy studies, program development, and civic and human rights education as a means to inspire social change, particularly in her home country, Haiti. -
Yue Ma
Ph.D. Student in Education, admitted Autumn 2024
BioYue Ma is currently pursuing his Ph.D. in Education Policy at the Stanford Graduate School of Education. His research focuses on evaluating the impacts of early childhood development interventions and school learning improvement programs. Prior to continuing his educational journey, Yue was a Research Scholar with the Rural Education Action Program. Yue received his Ph.D. in Economics from Shaanxi Normal University in 2017. He has extensive experience managing international research projects, including survey design, enumerator training, building local partnerships, and cultural adaptation of proven educational interventions.
