Meryle Weinstein

Meryle Weinstein is a Research Associate Professor of Education Policy at the Steinhardt School for Culture, Education and Human Development. She teaches the Capstone in the Education and Social Policy program and Cracking the Code: Understanding Research in Education and Social Policy for undergraduates. She is interested in issues of inequality and education, particularly around neighborhood resources and focuses on issues outside of the school that may influence student achievement and success. She works with the American Museum of Natural History in NYC on evaluations of Urban Advantage and the MAT Residency Program in Earth Science.  Dr. Weinstein also studies school food policies, pupil transportation, and the built environment and their implications on student health and academic success.. Prior to coming to NYU, Dr. Weinstein studied substance abuse and HIV in at the UCSF Center for AIDS Prevention Studies and the San Francisco VA Hospital.  She received her doctorate from the Wagner Graduate School of Public Service at NYU.