Carina Omoeva is the Director of Research and Evaluation at FHI 360 Global Education, Employment and Engagement Business Unit.  She also leads the FHI 360 Education Policy and Data Center, a global data and research resource on education. In this role, she has led research projects on inequality and conflict, social cohesion, teacher professionalism, early marriage and school dropout, and contributed to many research and policy analysis efforts in the field of international education.  Until May 2018, Dr. Omoeva was a Co-Lead of the Education Equity Research Initiative, a collaborative partnership of organizations and individuals committed to building a stronger evidence base around equity in education.  She holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Education from Teachers College, Columbia University.