Zaynab Gates is an Echidna Global Scholar with the Center for Universal Education in the Global Economy and Development program at Brookings. She is an educational researcher with two decades of experience working in Latin America, and currently serves as the senior research and teacher training coordinator at the Center for Research in Education for Development (CRED).
Gates has been involved in the development, implementation, and assessment of teacher training programs focused on literacy with the Center for Excellence in Teacher Training (CETT) in Bolivia, teacher pedagogy with the Education for Sustainability in Galapagos (EDS) program in Ecuador, and classroom dialogue with ClassInsight in the United States. Through her work with teachers, Gates has developed expertise in gender equality through training in leadership capabilities, analyzing lessons learned in higher education policy, and researching the experiences of Indigenous women teachers.
Gates holds a doctoral degree in education from the University of California, San Diego. She is a member of the WichÃ-Weenhayek people, whose traditional territory is situated between the Pilcomayo and Bermejo rivers in Argentina and Bolivia.
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Current Positions
- Senior research and teacher training coordinator, Center for Research in Education for Development (CRED)