Salma Mohammad Ali

Hi! I’m Salma, welcome to my website! I am a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Management at the University of Toronto Scarborough, working under Dr. Elizabeth Dhuey. I am on the Quantitative Analysis and Methods team at the Equity in Education Research Lab. I recently completed my PhD in Economics at the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University. During my graduate studies, I was a Graduate Research Assistant with the Georgia Policy Labs. Before starting graduate school, I got my bachelor's degree in Quantitative Economics and Mathematics from Beloit College.

My current (and future) research interests are in the economics of education and labour economics, including early childhood education and care, special education, student homelessness, and academic recovery interventions such as tutoring programs. I primarily use quasi-experimental methods and large-scale administrative datasets to study programs, policies, and factors that affect educational outcomes among youth.