Associate Professor (Teaching) of Education

Christine Min Wotipka

Bio

Christine Min Wotipka is Associate Professor (Teaching) of Education and (by courtesy) Sociology and Director of the Master’s Programs in International Comparative Education (ICE) and International Education Policy Analysis (IEPA) at the Stanford Graduate School of Education. She is Co-Resident Fellow and Co-Founder of EAST House -- the Equity, Access, & Society Theme House.Dr. Wotipka’s research contributes to the comparative scholarship in gender, diversity, leadership, and higher education and has been supported by the National Science Foundation and the Spencer Foundation. Her articles have appeared in such journals as Social Forces, Sociology of Education, Gender & Society, Sociological Forum, and Comparative Education Review.Before joining the faculty at Stanford in 2006, Dr. Wotipka was a visiting assistant professor/global fellow at the University of California, Los Angeles, and an assistant professor at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. Between her undergraduate and graduate studies, she proudly served as a United States Peace Corps volunteer in rural northeast Thailand and worked in the Republic of Korea at an economic research firm. Among Dr. Wotipka’s professional activities, she has consulted on girls education policies for the Ministry of Education in Afghanistan.Dr. Wotipka earned her BA (summa cum laude) in International Relations and French at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, and MA in Sociology and Ph.D. in International Comparative Education at Stanford University.

Academic Appointments

Administrative Appointments

  • Director, ICE/IEPA Master’s Programs, Graduate School of Education, Stanford University (2007 - Present)
  • Director, Program in Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Stanford University (2012 - 2016)

Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations

  • Member, Committee on Residential Learning (2023 - Present)
  • Co-Chair, Gender and Education Committee, Comparative and International Education Society (2022 - Present)
  • Member, Advisory Board, Journal of Integrated Social Sciences Research and Analysis, Women University of Azad Jammu & Kashmir, Bagh (Pakistan) (2022 - Present)
  • Co-Founder and Co-Resident Fellow, Equity, Access, & Society Theme (EAST) House (2021 - Present)
  • Faculty Affiliate, Center for South Asia (2021 - Present)

All Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations (26)

Program Affiliations

  • Center for Human Rights and International Justice
  • Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
  • Public Policy

Professional Education

  • PhD, Stanford University, International Comparative Education
  • MA, Stanford University, Sociology
  • BA, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, International Relations & French (summa cum laude)

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