Shafiqua Little

Shafiqua Little, Ph.D., currently serves as a Senior Research Associate at MEF Associates, a position held since January 2024. Prior to this role, Shafiqua was a Policy Associate at Research for Action from May 2021 to January 2024 and worked as a Data Analyst at Learn4Life, Metro Atlanta Education Partnership between January 2020 and May 2021. Shafiqua's earlier experience includes serving as a Graduate Research Assistant at the University of Georgia - College of Education from May 2016 to May 2019 and as an Educator for Atlanta Public Schools from August 2012 to May 2016. Shafiqua holds a Ph.D. in K-12 education law and policy from the UGA Mary Frances Early College of Education (2014-2019), a Master of Arts in Teaching in Early Childhood Education from Mercer University (2010-2012), and a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from Spelman College (2004-2008).