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Mike Meaney

Mike Meaney

Learning & product leader, educational equity advocate

mike-meaney
Menlo Park, CA
Joined February 2026
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Mike leads One Small Step as its operating company, building a health‑tech platform to scale certified peer support for mental healthcare. He brings product leadership, clinical-quality frameworks, AI-enabled training and monitoring, and rigorous evaluation practices to expand access to care beyond traditional settings. onesmallstep
Mike Meaney is an education and technology leader with a strong focus on social mobility and inclusive learning. His career spans roles in product development and research at Multiverse and Facebook, where he aimed to improve pathways to high-quality jobs and tools for social mobility. He leverages his expertise to design inclusive learning experiences at scale. mjmeaney+2
As a Gates Cambridge Scholar, Mike earned a Ph.D. in Educational Research from the University of Cambridge, alongside master's and bachelor's degrees from Arizona State University and Georgetown University, respectively. He also served as a Visiting Research Fellow at the Brookings Institution. mjmeaney+2
His research, published in journals like the Journal of Learning Analytics and ACM Proceedings of Learning @ Scale, explores the economics of education and the effectiveness of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) in increasing university access for underserved populations. He notably co-authored a paper demonstrating that learners without a college degree can outperform their more educated peers in specific MOOCs. mjmeaney+2
Mike is dedicated to non-profit work, serving on the Board of Directors for See More Impact Labs, an ed-tech startup, and the Camp Catanese Foundation, which provides college preparation for first-generation students. He also has an academic appointment with Arizona State University and was formerly a Teach for America Corps Member. gatescambridge+1
As an Entrepreneur in Residence at AImpower.org, Mike focuses on developing new ventures to support communities traditionally overlooked by technology, demonstrating his commitment to leveraging innovation for social good. aimpower

Work

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Writing

Welcome to the Labor Market Radar

January 7, 2024

A Substack newsletter by Mike Meaney, tracking developments in the labor market with an emphasis on education, inequality, social mobility, and technology.

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The Promise of MOOCs Revisited? Demographics of Learners Preparing for University

January 1, 2023

Investigates whether MOOCs can increase university access, finding that learners without a college degree are more likely to be high-performing in entry-level MOOCs designed for university entry. The study uses cluster analysis and digital trace data from over 29,000 students.

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Lifelong Learning in 2040

August 1, 2016

Co-authored paper examining the need for an adaptive, lifelong learning mindset in the American workforce and presenting design principles to facilitate it at the learning enterprise level.

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Hobbies

He has stuttered all his life and has been actively involved in the addiction recovery community for more than a decade. aimpower