Josefina Senese
Doctoral Student
Josefina Senese is a doctoral student in educational policy studies at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. Her research explores market-oriented reforms in the United States and abroad. She is studying the effect of school-choice policies on student achievement, school competition, and segregation within and across schools, with a focus on students with disabilities, especially regarding access and quality of services provided.
Before joining BU, Josefina worked as a research consultant for the Institute for Educational Initiatives at the University of Notre Dame. Her work focused on the financial sustainability, quality, and access to low-cost private schools in Northern Ghana. She also worked in Washington, DC, for the Office of Learning and Impact at the Inter-American Foundation and the Organization of American States.
Josefina received a Fulbright Scholarship, an Alpha Delta Kappa International Teacher Education Scholarship, a PEO International Peace Scholarship, and an Oskar Morgenstern Fellowship.
Pronouns: she/her
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Education
Master in Global Affairs, University of Notre Dame
BA, International Studies, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella (Argentina)
Courses
Research
Selected Publications
Piraino, P., & Senese, J. (2023). Inequality of Opportunity. In A. Deshpande (Ed.), Handbook on Economics of Discrimination and Affirmative Action (pp. 1-13). Gateway East, Singapore: Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-4016-9_33-1
Asuming, P., Chirawurah, D., D'Agostino, T., Lwanga, M., Makerere, J., Mayega, R. W., Paulsen, M., Rydberg, N., Senese, J., Ssentongo, J., & Tumuhamye, N. (2021). Leveraging low-cost private schools in Northern Ghana: exploring private sector partnerships to support education for all. USAID. https://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PA00Z3C8.pdf
Selected Presentations