Ashlyn Aiko Nelson is a postdoctoral fellow in the Stanford University School of Education. She holds joint research appointments with Professor Linda Darling-Hammond and with the Institute for Research on Education Policy and Practice (IREPP).

Prior to her postdoc appointment, Ashlyn earned a PhD in Economics of Education (2005) and MA in Economics (2003) at Stanford, and was a recipient of the three-year Stanford Graduate Fellowship in Science and Engineering (SGF). Her doctoral advisor was Susanna Loeb.

Ashlyn obtained bachelor’s degrees in Business Administration and Economics from the University of Southern California (2001), where she also earned a preliminary teaching credential in English. She has a strong commitment to teaching and has taught courses at Stanford, Estrella Mountain Community College, Manual Arts High School, and Orville Wright Middle School.

Prior to returning to Stanford for a postdoc, Ashlyn was an Assistant Vice President of Credit Card Acquisitions at Bank of America, and served as Customer Advocate of IndyMac Bank, where she specialized in fair lending and credit risk modeling.