Jennie Jiang

Supporting Inclusive and Diverse Educator Environments (SIDEE), Minnesota
Jennie Jiang, MPP, MS, is a senior researcher at AIR and partnership manager for SIDEE. She has led several large mixed-methods studies on teacher development, preparation, and support. She has also designed and led several qualitative studies to understand participant experiences with and implementation of policies and programs. Jiang is the project director of a multiyear IES-funded study evaluating social-emotional learning pandemic recovery programs. She has worked closely with school districts, state-level agencies, and community organizations to translate research findings into actionable, understandable, and relevant practices that improve programs and policies. Before her career in education research, Jiang was a certified middle school teacher in Chicago Public Schools. She earned a master of public policy degree from the University of Chicago and a master of science in elementary education from Northwestern University.