Paru Shah's research is focused on the impact of minority representation on
public policy outcomes. Her dissertation, titled “The Politics and Policy Implications of
Latino Representation in Education,” focuses on the effect of varying levels and types of
Latino school board representation on education policy. The result is a body of
scholarship that makes clearer the link between representation and public policy in
general and of the factors that influence the quality and nature of education policy in
particular.
Shah began teaching at Macalester in 2006.
EDUCATION: B.A., University of Michigan; M.A., University of Illinois; Ph.D., Rice
University
