Meredith Phillips

Meredith Phillips is an associate professor of public policy and sociology in the Luskin School of Public Affairs at the University of California, Los Angeles. She cofounded EdBoost and the Los Angeles Education Research Institute. Her research explores the causes and consequences of educational inequality, in particular the causes of ethnic and socioeconomic disparities in educational success and how to reduce those disparities. She is conducting an ethnographic longitudinal study of adolescent culture, families, schools, and academic achievement; an analysis of classroom environment surveys; and a study of promising school-based practices for improving students’ achievement. She is a past recipient of a National Academy of an Education/Spencer Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship. Phillips received her PhD in sociology from Northwestern University.

updated 2025