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