Biography
Tiffany’s work focuses on how education policies can improve opportunities for underserved communities. Her current strands of research focus on early childhood policies, particularly childcare subsidies and the teacher workforce, and school choice. She uses causal inference and qualitative methodologies and works with community partners in research-practice partnership settings to help advance shared knowledge and support local communities.
- Early Childhood Education Policy
- Educational Equity
- Causal Inference
- Qualitative Methods
PhD in Education (Educational Policy and Social Context), 2025 (exp.)
University of California, Irvine
MA in Education (Educational Policy and Social Context), 2023
University of California, Irvine
MSc in Child Development and Education, 2018
University of Oxford
BA in Psychology, 2017
University of California, Irvine
Experience
Data Collection
Large-Scale Datasets
Stata
Qualitative Analysis
Funding
Working Papers
Under Review
Wu T., Villavicencio, A., Ponce Soria, V. Racial attitudes among Asian American parents and their influence on school choice. Forthcoming at Harvard Educational Review
Wu T., Jenkins, J.M., & Whitaker, A. Policy impacts of reimbursement rate reform: Evidence from the Child Care and Development Fund. (Working paper available: https://doi.org/10.26300/011p-sh36)
Ponce Soria, V., Villavicencio, A., Wu T. Counter-narratives from Spanish and Chinese-speaking parents navigating school choice. Revise & resubmit
Bailey, D.H., Wu T., Jenkins, J.M., & Duncan, G.J. Expert forecasts of future impacts of early childhood interventions. Under review