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 inequality, governance, and teacher politics and policy.  


Ph.D., Education Policy & Social Analysis 

Columbia University 


M.Phil., Education Policy & Social Analysis

Columbia University 


B.A., Political Science

Rice University