Summary
Jonathan Marino is a doctoral candidate in Education Policy at UW–Madison with 13 years of experience designing and evaluating education programs across K–12, higher education, and international development. His work spans service-learning coordination in Chicago, co-founding an undergraduate global engagement center at Northwestern, directing the MapStory data commons, and building innovation supports for state education chiefs in Washington, D.C. A US Fulbright researcher in northern Uganda, he has published on post-conflict recovery and continues to support early childhood evaluations in Ethiopia through CRECE and Save the Children. He combines field-based qualitative insight with data-driven program design, and maintains long-term nonprofit governance ties to expand internet access and learning in Uganda. Outside academia he plays piano, writes, and enjoys baseball and family time with his daughter Clara.
12 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Education Policy Analysis, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Education Policy Analysis at University of Wisconsin-Madison
BA, education and political science, BA, education and political science at Northwestern University
MA, Philosophy, MA, Philosophy at National University of Ireland, Galway