Akash Chopra

Doctoral Student

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Akash Chopra

Contact

Email: akash.chopra@bc.edu

Education

  • B.A., Boston University (with honors)
  • M.A., Duke University

Research Interests

Political Economy of Development

Education 

Religion and Politics 

Research Methods 

South Asia

Publications

Bettini, E., Cumming, M. M., O’Brien, K. M., Brunsting, N. C., Ragunathan, M., Sutton, R., & Chopra, A. (2020). Predicting Special Educators’ Intent to Continue Teaching Students with Emotional or Behavioral Disorders in Self-Contained Settings. Exceptional Children, 86(2), 209-228. 

Mathews, H. M., Oblath, R., Bettini, E., McCray, E., Chopra, A., & Scott, T. (2023). Relationships between Organizational Factors and Teachers’ Knowledge and Use of Culturally Relevant Education. Teachers College Record, 125(9), 140-165.

Awards and Distinctions

APSA Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement (DDRI) Grant, 2025-2027 

Public Policy Fellowship, Harvard Kennedy School Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston, 2025 

Doctoral Fellowship, Boston College Clough Center for Constitutional Democracy, 2024-2025

Completion of Departmental Comprehensive Exams with Distinction, 2024      

Research Fellowship, Boston College Clough Center for Constitutional Democracy, 2023-2024  

Don Lavoie Fellowship, George Mason University Mercatus Center, 2022  

Recipient, Carole A. Chandler Student Citizenship Award, Boston University, 2020

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