As an Associate Director of Research & Policy, Shengwei contributes to cross-state early care and education (ECE) workforce research and policy projects. She leads the upcoming Early Childhood Workforce Index that evaluates state-level policies that shape the working conditions of early educators.
With an expertise in quantitative methods, Shengwei is experienced in conducting research that informs evidence-based policymaking around job quality and economic justice for caregivers.
Before joining the CSCCE, Shengwei led research on income security and child care and strengthened best practices for quantitative analysis at the National Women’s Law Center. Shengwei also researched job quality issues at the Institute for Women’s Policy Research. Prior to that, she was a postdoctoral fellow at the Washington University in St. Louis, where she studied the gendered consequences of pay secrecy practices in the workplace and taught undergraduate statistics.
Shengwei holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Maryland, College Park and a B.A. in Politics and Gender Studies from Scripps College.
She enjoys reading, traveling, exploring new recipes, and visiting museums.