Jo Al Khafaji-King

Jo Al Khafaji-King is an IES-PIRT fellow and a third-year doctoral student at New York University's Robert F. Wagner School of Public Service studying public policy analysis. Broadly, they study K-12 education policy in the U.S., with an emphasis on how exclusionary discipline policies may impact equitable outcomes for sexual, gender, and racial minorities in schools. They are framed by economics of education and sociology literatures and use rigorous quasi-experimental methods to understand causal relationships between policy and student outcomes. Currently, their research focuses on inequities in school discipline practices, how broader environmental contexts impact exclusionary discipline, as well as unintended consequences of school discipline reform. They hold an MA in Economics from Miami University of Ohio and BAs in Economics and Spanish from Western Washington University.