Ivonne Lujano Vilchis

Ivonne Lujano Vilchis

Ivonne Lujano Vilchis is a PhD student in Education Policy and Evaluation at Arizona State University (ASU). Her research interests focus on higher education systems, research evaluation, science policy, gender and science, scholarly communication, open access, and open science. She has worked in scholarly communication and open-access publishing initiatives since 2011. Currently, she is the Editor-in-Chief of Current Issues in Education, a student-led journal published by ASU. Her involvement as an ambassador of the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) in Latin America has allowed her to collaborate with several universities and government agencies on the adoption of best practices for scholarly publications and open science policies. She has taught in public and private universities in Mexico. She earned a bachelor’s degree in Education from Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México (UAEMEX) and a master's degree with an emphasis in Education from Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO), campus Argentina. Ivonne also has a background in dance, she is currently an amateur tango dancer.