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William Delgado

Research Assistant Professor

Dr. William Delgado is a research assistant professor in the Educational Leadership & Policy Studies Department at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. His goal is to understand and address inequality in opportunities and to foster human potential. His current research studies teacher quality and human decision making, with a focus on parents. He is an affiliated faculty member with the Wheelock Educational Policy Center.

Dr. Delgado first joined BU as a senior postdoctoral associate. Prior to that, he was a postdoctoral scholar at the University of Chicago. Previously, he was an economic consultant to the Inter-American Development Bank, the Colombian Department of Health, among other organizations.

Pronouns: he/him/his

PhD, Public Policy, University of Chicago

MPP, Public Policy, University of Chicago

MA, Economics, Universidad de los Andes

BA, Economics, Universidad de los Andes (Colombia)

Economics of Education Policy

Using Big Data to Address Educational, Social, and Economic Inequality