Keti Tsotniashvili is an associate professor of education policy at Ilia State University. Keti earned her PhD in Educational Policy from Arizona State University in 2023. In 2024, she received the Best Dissertation Award from the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) Eurasia SIG. She is also the recipient of the Edmund Muskie Graduate Fellowship (2011-2013) and obtained her Master’s Degree in Education from Vanderbilt University. Her academic and scholarly interests lie in the transformations of education policy, institutions, actors, and knowledge production spaces in conjunction with historical and geopolitical changes. Keti has over 10 years of professional experience in higher education policy and system change, serving in various capacities such as head of the department, researcher, and expert/consultant at public and international organizations. She has collaborated with various foreign higher education accreditation agencies.