Melissa Arnold Lyon, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Public Policy

Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy

University at Albany, State University of New York


Melissa (Mimi) studies the political economy of education policy with a focus on labor, governance, and teacher politics and policy.  


Ph.D., Politics & Education 

Columbia University 


M.Phil., Politics & Education

Columbia University 


B.A., Political Science

Rice University