Meagan Richard
Biography
Dr. Richard's research interests are broadly focused around justice-centered approaches to school leadership within primarily urban spaces. Her work has also merged policy frames to examine how neoliberal policy, in particular, intersects with school leadership. Through this research she seeks to highlight the ways that educational actors can resist, contest, and dismantle unjust policy toward emancipatory ends.
Area of Expertise
Justice-centered school leadership; Leadership preparation; Social justice in educational settings; Urban educational policy; Neoliberalism
Degrees
Ph.D., Policy Studies in Urban Education, University of Illinois Chicago
M.Ed., Measurement, Evaluation, Statistics, and Assessment, University of Illinois Chicago
M.S., Applied Sociology, Texas State University
B.A., History, Wellesley College