Fatemeh Ameli

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Fatemeh Ameli is a Canadian Postdoctoral Research Award (CPRA) Fellow at Nipissing University and a sessional lecturer at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), University of Toronto. She holds a PhD in Educational Leadership and Policy from the University of Toronto. Her research focuses on educational stratification and life-course transitions, using large-scale longitudinal and mixed-methods approaches to examine how early educational experiences shape later academic and labor market outcomes. Drawing on population-level administrative data, she studies student achievement trajectories, early childhood development, and education-to-employment transitions, with particular attention to how school, neighborhood, and social contexts influence opportunity over time.

With over 16 years of experience in education and management, she has produced award-winning, policy-relevant, and equity-focused research that explores how evidence can inform more inclusive educational and workforce systems.

Experience

  • 2025–present
    Canadian Postdoctoral Research Award (CPRA) Fellow, Nipissing University
  • 2026–present
    Sessional Instructor, University of Toronto

Education

  • 2024 
    OISE, University of Toronto, PhD, Educational Leadership and Policy
  • 2019 
    Gordon S. Lang School of Business, University of Guelph, MA, Management

Publications

  • 2026
    Ameli, F., Davies, S., Janus, M., & Duku, E. 2026. Children's School Readiness and Math Achievement Trajectories. Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science. https://doi.org/10.1037/cbs0000494,
  • 2025
    Ameli F, Lyons S. 2025. The Association between Psychological Capital of Young Canadians and Their Intrinsic Work Values. Journal of Employment Counseling, 62(3), 149–162 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/joec.12243 ,
  • 2024
    Davies S, Ameli F, Schlanger P. 2024. A School is Born: Predicting Recent Births of Independent Schools in Ontario. Journal of School Choice, 19(1), 50–73 https://doi.org/10.1080/15582159.2024.2333578,
  • 2020
    Ameli F. 2020. Review of Teaching and Learning for the Twenty-First Century: Educational Goals, Policies, and Curricula from Six Nations: edited by F. M. Reimers and C. K. Chung, Cambridge, MA, Harvard Education Press, 2016. Leadership and Policy in Schools 19 (3), 536-538,

Grants and Contracts

  • 2026
    Canadian Postdoctoral Research Award (CPRA) Fellowship
    Role:
    Funding Source:
    Government of Canada
  • 2023
    SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship
    Role:
    Funding Source:
    Government of Canada
  • 2022
    USA Clark Scholarship
    Role:
    Funding Source:
    UCEA, AERA Divisions A, and SAGE Publication
  • 2022
    Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS)
    Role:
    Funding Source:
    Ontario Ministry of Colleges and Universities / University of Toronto

Honours

•1st rank of Government of Canada’s SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship •SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowship •Governor General’s Gold Medal Nomination, University of Toronto •SSHRC Talent Award Nomination in the Social Sciences category •Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) for two years •USA’s Clark Scholarship, awarded by UCEA, AERA Divisions A, and SAGE Publications

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