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Peter Moyi, Ph.D.
Title: | Department Chair Associate Professor |
Department: | Educational Leadership and Policies College of Education |
Email: | moyi@mailbox.sc.edu |
Phone: | 803-777-1549 |
Office: |
Wardlaw 311 |

Education
Ph.D. in Education Policy with a minor in Demography, Pennsylvania State University
M.A. in Economics, University of Arkansas
B.Ed. in Economics, Kenyatta University
Expertise
Sociology of education, stratification and inequality, comparative and international education
Selected publications
Moyi, P. L. (2013) An examination of primary school attendance and completion among secondary school age adolescents in post-conflict Sierra Leone, Research in Comparative and International Education, 8(4).
Moyi, P. L. (2013). Primary school attendance and completion among lower secondary school age children in Uganda. Current Issues in Education, 16(1).
Moyi, P. L. (2012). Girl's schooling in war-torn Somalia. International Journal of Educational Research, 53, 201–212.
Moyi, P. L. (2012). Who goes to school? School enrollment patterns in Somalia. International Journal of Educational Development, 32(1), 163–171.
Moyi, P. L. (2011). Delayed school entry in Uganda. Research in Comparative and International Education, 6(2), 222-235.
Moyi, P. L. (2010). Household characteristics and delayed school enrollment in Malawi. International Journal of Educational Development, 30(3) 236–242.
Selected awards
2013 Early Career Research Award, College of Education, University of South Carolina
2006–2008, Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in Education and Social Justice, Amherst College, MA
2005–2006, Population Policy Communication Fellowship, Population Reference Bureau