Dr. Cassiopeia Guthrie (she/her) is an educator, scholar, and school leader whose experience spans elementary, middle, and high school settings, district leadership, higher education, nonprofit organizations, and educational consulting. She holds a doctorate in Educational Leadership and currently serves as a high school Assistant Principal. She has also taught at the university level in Teacher Education and Educational Administration programs, where she taught, mentored, and supervised educators in credential and graduate leadership programs.
Grounded in an equity-centered, student-focused approach, Dr. Guthrie's work bridges research and practice across classrooms, leadership teams, district systems, and university partnerships. Drawing on experience as a classroom teacher, instructional leader, district curriculum and educational technology specialist, university faculty member, and governance leader, she helps translate organizational priorities into practices that support continuous improvement, educator growth, and student belonging.
Dr. Guthrie's research examines teachers' affective responses to political rhetoric and climate, threat rigidity in politically polarized environments, and the organizational conditions that influence educator development, instructional leadership, and university–secondary partnership programs. Beyond her research, she partners with school systems, county offices of education, nonprofit organizations, and community partners on educator development, program design, strategic communications, and continuous improvement initiatives. She presents regularly at regional and statewide conferences on educational leadership, teacher preparation, and organizational learning.