Preeya Pandya Mbekeani is a Researcher at the American Institutes for Research and was a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Annenberg Institute at Brown University and a member of the Educational Opportunity in Massachusetts project team. Preeya studies inequality in postsecondary access and completion for low-income and minoritized students and policies aimed at reducing these inequalities. Preeya earned her doctorate in Quantitative Policy Analysis in Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education where she was a doctoral fellow in the Multidisciplinary Program in Inequality and Social Policy. She holds a master’s degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Chicago.
Prior to beginning her doctoral studies, Preeya worked at the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. She began her career as a high school teacher and spent several years as a counselor in a college access program.
Publications
- Preeya Pandya Mbekeani, John Papay, Ann Mantil, Richard Murnane. Understanding High Schools’ Effects on Longer-Term Outcomes. | Educational Opportunity in Massachusetts
- Richard Murnane, John B. Willett, John Papay, Ann Mantil, Preeya Pandya Mbekeani, Aubrey McDonough. Building Stronger Community College Transfer Pathways. | Educational Opportunity in Massachusetts
- John Papay, Ann Mantil, Richard Murnane, Ian Ferguson, James LoPresti, Preeya Pandya Mbekeani, Aubrey McDonough, Emma Zorfass. The MCAS as a Graduation Requirement. | Educational Opportunity in Massachusetts
