Joseph Cimpian

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Joseph Cimpian
Professor of Economics and Education Policy, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development,
New York University

Joseph Cimpian is a professor of economics and education policy in the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development at New York University (NYU) and an affiliated associate professor of public service at the NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. His multi-disciplinary research focuses on the use and development of novel and rigorous methods to study equity and policy, particularly concerning language minorities, women, and sexual minorities. One line of his research examines how policies—particularly, reclassification policies—can be amended to improve long-term outcomes for English learners. A second line of research examines how gender achievement gaps change developmentally and historically, and how expectations play a role in gap development. Other research aims to identify and isolate the biasing effects of mischievous responders (i.e., respondents who willfully exaggerate their responses) in research and policymaking about LGBTQ+ youth and beyond. Prior to joining the faculty at NYU, Dr. Cimpian was an associate professor and College of Education Distinguished Scholar at the University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign. He has served appointments as chair of the Scholars and Advocates for Gender Equity committee and as a member of the Social Justice Action Committee for the American Educational Research Association (AERA). He is a recipient of a Spencer Foundation/National Academy of Education Dissertation Fellowship and a Spencer/NAEd Postdoctoral Fellowship. He also served as editor of Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis and special issue editor of Educational Researcher and is on the editorial boards of numerous journals, including Educational Researcher, the American Educational Research Journal, the Journal for Research on Educational Effectiveness, and Child Development. Dr. holds a PhD in economics of education along with MAs in economics and social sciences in education collectively from Stanford University and a BS in industrial and labor relations from Cornell University.

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