Akua Nkansah-Amankra

Akua Nkansah-Amankra
Akua Nkansah-Amankra
Former Research Assistant, Rossier School of Education,
University of Southern California

Akua Nkansah-Amankra is a former research assistant in the Rossier School of Education at the University of Southern California. They were recently a research assistant with Outlier Research & Evaluation. Their research interests have included school discipline, restorative justice, quantitative criticalism, and liberatory education. Nkansah-Amankra also contributed to the Gold Literature Review Project and served as co-president of the Minority Association of Premedical Students with the Student National Medical Association. They earned a dual PhD in policy studies in urban education from the University of Chicago and in urban education policy from the University of Southern California.

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Publications by Akua Nkansah-Amankra
Leadership, Partnership, and Community
This study of seven California school districts during the COVID-19 pandemic shows how districts responded in real-time to the crisis and structural racism. Districts showed resourcefulness, collaboration, and commitment to serving students and…
Evidence from the 2020 PACE/USC Rossier Annual Poll
We use data from the 2020 PACE/USC Rossier annual voter poll to report on California voters’ attitudes towards educational equity policy initiat