Margaret Dawson-Amoah, Miss

Bio

Margaret Dawson-Amoah is a doctoral student and a Provost Fellow in the Urban Education Policy program at the University of Southern California under the mentorship of Dr. Adam Kho. Her research interests include examining school reforms that address inequities in the K-12 education system; the links between policy, practice, and the decision-making process; and how these vary across different contexts. 

Margaret earned her Master of Education in elementary education from The College of New Jersey and her Bachelor of Arts degree in French, with a minor in English, from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Ghana. Before joining the program at USC, she taught for ten years in various institutions and co-founded EduIgnite Limited, a locally-rooted, internationally-minded entity that supports educational institutions in Ghana with high-quality, reliable support services. She spends all her free time with family.

Publications

• Dawson-Amoah, M., Smith, S. L., O’Neal, D., Clay, I., Alonso-Morris, E. A., & Kho, A. (2023). Understanding the Education Policymaking Process in the United States. Encyclopedia, 4(1), 46-59.
• Smith, S. L., Dawson-Amoah, M., Tong, T., Pardo, N., Alonso-Morris, E. A., & Kho, A. (2023). Public School Choice Options in the United States. Encyclopedia, 4(1), 60-78.