Assistant Professor
Educational Policy and Leadership
Degrees Held
- Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, Educational Policy Studies
- M.P.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison, La Follette School of Public Affairs, Education Policy
- M.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison, Educational Policy Studies
- B.A., Brown University, American Studies | English & American Literature
Courses Taught
- Social Justice Advocacy in Student Affairs
- Sociological Foundations of Education
- Interpretive and Critical Research in Education I
- Educational Inquiry II
Research Interests
- Higher Education
- Race, Class and Educational (In)equity
- Organizational Culture and Change
- Critical Theory
- Social Justice Advocacy Development
Recent Publications
byrd, d. (2022). How diversity fails: An empirical investigation of organizational status and policy implementation on three public campuses. Education Sciences. 12(3), 211. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci12030211
byrd, d. (2019). Uncovering hegemony in higher education: A critical appraisal of the use of “institutional habitus” in empirical scholarship. Review of Educational Research, 89(2), 171-210. https://doi.org/10.3102/0034654318812915
byrd, d. (2019). The diversity distraction: A critical comparative analysis of discourse in higher education scholarship. Review of Higher Education. 42(5), 135-172. doi:10.1353/rhe.2019.0048.
Additional Information
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