Ryan Shawn Herman

Ryan Shawn Herman Short-Term Consultant Ryan consults with the World Bank's Curriculum, Instruction, and Learning team in the Education Global Practice. Ryan is also an education researcher with UNESCO-IIEP, the Global Partnership for Education, and the UNICEF Office of Research - Innocenti. In these roles, Ryan contributed to mixed methods research in the areas of foundational learning, education financing, and education planning. Prior to working with such agencies, Ryan taught biology and managed education programs in Kenya (Aga Khan Academies) and South Africa (Imagine Scholar). Ryan holds a master's degree in Education Policy and Analysis from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, a MicroMasters in Data, Economics, and Development Policy from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a bachelor's degree in biochemistry from Bowdoin College.