Martin West
Assistant Professor of Education:
Education
Phone: +1 401 863 2407
Martin_West@brown.edu
Martin West studies the politics of education reform efforts and their effectiveness in improving student achievement. His current projects examine the history of public-sector collective bargaining, the effects of the school consolidation movement on wages, the effects of test-based accountability on student achievement, and the use of education research by the courts. He is also co-editor of a forthcoming book on school finance adequacy litigation.
Biography
Martin West graduated from Williams College in 1998 with a B.A. degree in History. He received an M.Phil in Economic and Social History from Oxford University in 2000 and a Ph.D. in Government and Social Policy from Harvard University in 2006. Since 2001, he has served as the research editor for Education Next, a journal of opinion and research on education policy.
Degrees
Ph.D. Government and Social Policy, Harvard University
Awards
Brookings Research Fellow in Governance Studies, Brookings Institution (2005-2006).
Harvey Fellowship, Mustard Seed Foundation (2003-2006).
Doctoral Fellow, Multidisciplinary Program on Inequality and Social Policy; Kennedy School of Government (2001-2006).
Thomas T. Hoopes Prize, Harvard University (2004, 2005). [Presented to the advisors and authors of outstanding undergraduate theses.]
Derek Bok Certificate of Distinction for Teaching, Harvard University (2003, 2004).
Young Economist Award, European Economic Association (2003).
1998-2000. Martin-Wilson Fellowship for graduate study at Worcester College, Oxford.
Affiliations
American Political Science Association
Association for Policy Analysis and Management
American Economics Association
Teaching
I teach courses on education politics and policy and on research methods for policy analysis.