Anna J. Markowitz

Anna J. Markowitz is an assistant professor in the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies. She previously was a research assistant professor at the Center for the Advanced Study of Teaching and Learning; an affiliate of EdPolicyWorks; a middle school teacher with Teach for America; and a supervisor of student teachers at Boston College’s Lynch School of Education. Markowitz is interested in how policies shape the contexts of human development; in particular, she explores the links between policy, the skills and attitudes of the adults children interact with, and children’s development. She uses quantitative methods to explore how policy-alterable features of early childhood education programs impact children’s experiences with their teachers and caregivers, and thereby affect income-based disparities in outcomes. Her current focus and projects include the study of early education in Louisiana; teacher turnover in Head Start; and food insecurity in early childhood. Markowitz received her MA in developmental and educational psychology from Boston College, her MPP from Georgetown University, and her PhD in psychology from Georgetown University.

updated 2022