Dr. Ann Tiao has dedicated the majority of her current career in higher education to increasing access, promoting diversity, and building inclusive spaces with a specific emphasis on graduation education, systems, and assessment. She is currently the Assistant Dean for Student Services in the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania (Penn GSE) where she has also taught for almost two decades.
Dr. Tiao has worked in numerous fields including high tech, engineering, statistics, and higher education, typically focusing on building new teams, programs, or systems utilizing data driven research to foster continuing improvement. She has degrees from Kansas State University, Texas A&M University, and the University of Pennsylvania.
Dr. Tiao also has been in involved in music her entire life playing the violin, viola, and the piano from an early age. Her son continues that tradition and has been with the Philadelphia Boys Choir and Chorale for more than 6 years and has sung with the Philadelphia Opera and the Curtis Institute. Dr. Tiao currently resides in Philadelphia with her family.