Dr Agustina S. Paglayan

Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science School of Global Policy and Strategy, University of California, San Diego, United States
Email: apaglayan@ucsd.edu
Profile
Agustina S. Paglayan is a political science and public policy professor at the University of California, San Diego, a nonresident fellow at the Center for Global Development, and the author of Raised to Obey: The Rise and Spread of Mass Education (Princeton University Press, 2024). Dr. Paglayan is internationally renowned for her expertise in how politics shapes and is shaped by education systems. Her award-winning research on the interplay between politics and education has been published in premier political science journals and covered by The Economist, the Washington Post, NPR, and other media outlets. Paglayan received her PhD in political science at Stanford University and also holds degrees in education policy, public policy, and economics.