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She is widely recognized for her leadership role in building an interdisciplinary field of scholarship on research use in policy and practice, expanding research-practice partnerships, and supporting a broader movement to democratize evidence. She regularly speaks to international and domestic audiences on equity-centered and evidence-informed policy and practice. Her research on racial, cultural, and immigration influences on child development have been published in Child Development and the American Psychologist and her research on promoting social change through research and philanthropy have appeared in the American Journal of Community Psychology and Humanities and Social Sciences Communications.

Dr. Tseng’s career reflects an abiding commitment to racial equity. She has fostered greater equity in grantmaking, developed funding programs to support researchers of color and nonprofit leaders from racially minoritized and LGBTQ communities, and mentored countless junior colleagues throughout her career.

Dr. Tseng received her Ph.D. from NYU and her B.A. from UCLA and serves on the Boards of Data Quality Campaign, Grantmakers for Education, and Sobrato Early Academic Learning (SEAL). She formerly served on the Boards of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy, the Coalition of Asian American Children and Families, the Forum for Youth Investment, Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees, and the Federation of Associations in the Behavioral and Brain Sciences. She is co-founder of the Impact Funders Forum (formerly Transforming Evidence Funders Network) and the Learning Community on Using Evidence for Change (affectionately called the Nerd Herd). Close.