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Dr Agustina S. Paglayan

Agustina S.

Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science School of Global Policy and Strategy, University of California, San Diego, United States

Email: apaglayan@ucsd.edu

Profile

Agustina S. Paglayan is a political science and public policy professor at the University of California, San Diego, a nonresident fellow at the Center for Global Development, and the author of Raised to Obey: The Rise and Spread of Mass Education (Princeton University Press, 2024). Dr. Paglayan is internationally renowned for her expertise in how politics shapes and is shaped by education systems. Her award-winning research on the interplay between politics and education has been published in premier political science journals and covered by The Economist, the Washington Post, NPR, and other media outlets. Paglayan received her PhD in political science at Stanford University and also holds degrees in education policy, public policy, and economics. 

Research

Publications

  • Paglayan, A.S. 2024. Raised to Obey: The Rise and Spread of Mass Education. Princeton University Press.
  • Paglayan, A.S. 2022. "Education or Indoctrination? The Violent Origins of Public School Systems in an Era of State-Building." American Political Science Review 116(4): 1242-1257.
  • Paglayan, A.S. 2021. "The Non-Democratic Roots of Mass Education: Evidence from 200 Years." American Political Science Review 115(1): 179-198.
  • Paglayan, A.S. 2019. "Public-Sector Unions and the Size of Government." American Journal of Political Science 63(1): 21-36.

For an updated and complete list of publications, see www.agustinapaglayan.com

Expertise

Politics of education policymaking in the U.S. and around the world; education and indoctrination; education and state formation; education and democracy; education and economic development; teacher unions.
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