Amaesha Durazi (she/her)

Amaesha Durazi, M.A., is a doctoral candidate in Human Development and Psychology at the UCLA School of Education and Information Studies. She is a mixed-methods researcher with experience in quantitative and qualitative research across academic and applied settings. Her research examines how children develop an understanding of social inequality, with a particular focus on racial and economic inequality.

Her primary research focuses on parental racial-ethnic socialization among Asian American families with young children. She is particularly interested in the predictors and mechanisms that shape how parents and children communicate about culture, race, and racism.

Amaesha also has experience conducting applied and policy-focused research with nonprofits, NGOs, state agencies, and research-to-practice organizations. Her work includes implementation and evaluation research, as well as translating complex findings into accessible and actionable insights for diverse, non-academic audiences.