Scholarly Work
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Centering Students of the Global Majority in United States Community College Critical Internationalization Programming
I successfully defended my dissertation on March 27, 2024. This is the slide deck I used for the defense.
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EDLD 759 A Critical Policy Analysis of the Page Amendment
This was an assignment for the EDLD 759 Influences and Assessment of Public Policy course. I chose the Page Amendment because it was an important issue at the time that could have drastically changed the face of public education in Minnesota.
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EDLD 747 Pulling at Racist Threads: Redefining Gifted and Talented
This was an assignment for the EDLD 747 Organizational and Critical Race Theory and Analysis course. We were asked to choose a current event and apply critical race theory to it. I chose to examine the process of redefining and transforming what has traditionally been known as "gifted and talented" programming in the Hopkins School District where I serve as Chair of the School Board.
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EDLD 792: Quantitative Study Design - Assessing the Impact of Culturally Responsive Teaching on BIPOC Student Course Completion Rates in a First-Year Community College Writing Course
This was an assignment for the EDLD 792 Quantitative Methods course. We were asked to design a quantitative study that could be carried out in the future if we choose. I chose a topic that was relevant to an institutional leadership issue at the community college where I teach: the impact of culturally responsive teaching on course completion rates.
Narrative (and) Power: Teaching and Learning at the Intersection of Critical Literacy Pedagogy in the Community College Literature Classroom
This website is a multimodal thesis I created for my M.A. in Literature and English Studies from Minnesota State University - Mankato (2021). The research and reflection that went into this project informed my thinking about my dissertation.