Yasmina Haddad

Yasmina Haddad is a Ph.D. student in Educational Policy Studies with a concentration in Comparative International Education and Global Studies. She is interested in researching education for refugees in Colombia and Lebanon, her parents’ home countries. Prior to studying at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, she earned a B.S. in Disability Studies (’17) and an M.Ed. in International Education Policy and Management (’21) from Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College.

Yasmina was a conversational English teacher in India and Chicago after her undergraduate studies. Upon graduating with her master’s degree, she worked as a Research Associate in the International Development Division of the American Institutes for Research. In Yasmina’s free time, she obsesses over Top Chef and other food-related T.V. shows and likes to try new recipes whenever she can.

Publications

Haddad, Y. E. (2025). Comparing Colombia’s and Brazil’s educational responses to Venezuelan refugees and migrants. Presented at CIES 2025 Annual Conference.

Haddad, Y. (2024). Venezuelan children as ‘language experts’ in a public school in northern Brazil. Presented at AAA 2024 Annual Conference.

Haddad, Y. (2025). Spontaneous translanguaging: Venezuelan migrant students making a way in a Brazilian public school. Presented at LASA 2025 Annual Conference.

Haddad, Y. E. (2024). The struggle for a multilingual future: Youth and education in Sri Lanka By Christina P.Davis, Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2020. 216 pp. $145.00 (hardback). ISBN: 9780190947484. Anthropology & Education Quarterly, aeq.12509. https://doi.org/10.1111/aeq.12509

Nakamura, P., Guven, O., Gulemetova, M., Haddad, Y.E., Downes, J., & Loko, O. (November 2023) Foundational Literacy Improvement Package (FLIP) in Benin. Presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM).

Martin, G., Lemons, C. J., & Haddad, Y. E. (2024). The Effects of Paraeducator-Implemented Interventions on Student Literacy Skill Acquisition: A Review. Remedial and Special Education, 07419325241234080. https://doi.org/10.1177/07419325241234080

Nakamura, P., Molotsky, A., Zarzur, R. C., Ranjit, V., Haddad, Y., & De Hoop, T. (2023). Language of instruction in schools in low‐ and middle‐income countries: A systematic review. Campbell Systematic Reviews, 19(4), e1351. https://doi.org/10.1002/cl2.1351

Presentations & Teaching

Guest lecture at UW Grants in Int Ed Sector

TA of EPS 210: Youth Ed and Society

Instructor of EPS 210 summer term

Service & Committees

Co-chair of the Middle East North Africa Special Interest Group of CIES

Member of the Board of Trustees of the Lebanese American University