Tasminda Dhaliwal
Affiliated Faculty: Educational Equity
Tasminda (Tasmin) K. Dhaliwal is an assistant professor of education policy at Michigan State University. Her research focuses in two areas: 1) the ways social and economic conditions shape the experiences of marginalized students, and 2) the effectiveness and implementation of policies designed to reduce inequality. Within this research agenda, she uses quantitative and qualitative methods to explore issues related to student homelessness and housing, school discipline, school choice, and teacher effectiveness. Her work has appeared in AERA Open, Peabody Journal of Education, Education Finance & Policy, Educational Researcher, The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, and the American Journal of Education.
Tasmin holds a PhD in Urban Education Policy and a MA in Economics from the University of Southern California, an EdM in Education Policy & Management from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and a BA in Political Economy from the University of California at Berkeley. She also taught first and second grade in Houston, Texas.
