Shaun Williams-Wyche is the associate director of research and data analysis at MHEC. He brings over a decade of experience working in higher education in program administration, institutional research, and state policy research. Prior to joining MHEC, Shaun served as a research analyst at the Minnesota Office of Higher Education (OHE), covering topics including educational attainment, student retention, financial aid, student loan debt, and study abroad safety.

Shaun also has extensive experience collaborating with legislative, postsecondary, K-12, and community stakeholders while working at OHE, where he led statewide efforts around closing educational attainment disparities by race and ethnicity.

Shaun has held adjunct faculty appointments in political science at Metropolitan State University; the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; and the University of Minnesota, Duluth.

Shaun earned his B.A., magna cum laude, in political science and anthropology from Southern Methodist University, his master’s and Ph.D. in political science from the University of Minnesota.

Shaun joined MHEC in June 2018.