Minahil’s studies education reforms and policies that are focused on improving learning outcomes and educational trajectories for disadvantaged students. Her research attempts to advance knowledge on how 1) educational leadership and management and 2) direct support in school or at home can improve student progression and learning. She uses a variety of research methods in her work, including mixed methods, quasi-experimental strategies, process tracing methodologies, and field experiments. She has projects in Pakistan, Ghana, Malaysia, and the United States. Previously, she was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), University of Toronto. She did her Ph.D. in Education Policy at the University of California, Davis, M.A. in International Comparative Education at Stanford University, and BSc. in Economics at the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS).