Biography
Tiffany’s work focuses on how education policies can improve opportunities for children in underserved communities. Her current strands of research focus on preK-12 policies, particularly childcare subsidies, the teacher workforce, and school choice. She employs quantitative and qualitative methodologies, collaborating with community partners in research-practice partnerships to advance shared knowledge and support local communities. Tiffany received her Ph.D. in Education from the University of California, Irvine, and is currently a postdoctoral scholar at the USC Rossier School of Education.
- Education Policy
- Educational Equity
- Causal Inference
- Qualitative Methods
PhD in Education (Educational Policy and Social Context), 2025
University of California, Irvine
MA in Education, 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
Publications
Wu T., Villavicencio, A., Ponce Soria, V. Racial attitudes among Asian American parents and their influence on school choice. Harvard Educational Review 94(4), 491-514. https://doi.org/10.17763/1943-5045-94.4.491
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)
Villavicencio, A., Ponce Soria, V., Wu T. Counter-narratives from Spanish and Chinese-speaking parents navigating school choice in the United States. Race Ethnicity and Education, 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1080/13613324.2025.2488754
Bailey, D.H., Wu T., Jenkins, J.M., & Duncan, G.J. Expert forecasts of future impacts of early childhood interventions. Under review