IMPACT of the Scholarly Practitioner Doctorate

Stephanie Smith Budhai, Ph.D. is an associate clinical professor at Drexel University School of Education's CPED award-winning Education Doctorate in Leadership and Management Program. Stephanie has spent over a decade supporting scholarly practitioners as they journey through their doctoral studies and has supervised dozens of EdD dissertations. Stephanie is the founding co-host of the Drexel EdD IMPACT podcast, which highlights alums who have leveraged their EdDs to lead socially justice practices in their professional fields. Stephanie is also on the CPED Online/Hybrid CIG leadership team and co-chairs the Culture and Climate Committee for the Society of Information Technology and Teacher Education. Stephanie has published myriad books and articles, most recently Culturally Responsive Teaching Online and In-Person: An Action Planner for Dynamic Equitable Learning Environments and Casting a Wider Net: Incorporating Black Feminist Theory to Support EdD Students' Epistemological Stance Development in Research Methods Courses.Dr. Deanna Hill is Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Policy, Organization, and Leadership in the School of Education at Drexel University. She is the Director of the EdD in Educational Leadership and Management Program, and has also served as Director of the Master of Science in Higher Education Program and Coordinator of the Capstone in Higher Education and Global and International Education. Dr. Hill's research focuses on the role of law and policy in addressing issues of access, opportunity, and equity in PK-20 and professional education. Dr. Hill spent much of her career conducting and disseminating educational research in the field. She was Principal Technical Assistance Consultant at the American Institutes for Research in Washington, DC, where she served as Equity and Talent Development Coherence Lead for the federally-funded Center on Great Teachers and Leaders, co-lead on several educator effectiveness projects for the federally-funded Southeast Comprehensive Center, and director of the school choice sub-practice area. Also, Dr. Hill served as Senior Policy Analyst for West Wind Education Policy, Inc.; Research and Evaluation Specialist for the Georgia Department of Education; and adjunct researcher for both the RAND Corporation and the Center on Education Policy. Dr. Hill has published peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, technical reports, and white papers. Additionally, she has presented her work at national and international conferences. Dr. Hill earned a B.A. in Political Science, Certificate in African Studies, and J.D. (Law) at the University of Iowa. She earned her PhD in Education Policy Studies at the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Hill is a licensed attorney and practiced law with a large firm in Austin, Texas, in the late 1990s.

• AcknowledgmentsForewordPrefaceIntroductionChapter 1. Opening Doors: Advancing Equity through Teamwork in Suburban Schoolsby Kristine S. Lewis Grant and Ilana ShipeChapter 2. From Equality to Equity in EdD Programs: Beyond Having a "Place at the Table" to Having a "Voice" to Transform the Academyby Patricia Lane and Mahmoud SuleimanChapter 3. A Dissertation in Practice: Individual and Collaborative Efforts to Support Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy in a Predominantly Hispanic High Schoolby Vicki Vescio and Misael GonzalezChapter 4. A Laboratory of Socially-Just Leadershipby Jennifer Adams, Kimberly Bridges, Brittany Gracik, Rochelle Jordan, and Yeimarie LopezChapter 5. The Importance of a Community of Practice: Turning Disillusionment into a Catalyst for Changeby Gudrun Nyunt and Jenifer MontagChapter 6. Keeping One Another Charged for an Evolving Antiracist Journey by Tomiko Ball and Samantha CohenChapter 7. "I Am . . . a Socially-Just Leader": Capturing the Empowerment of Scholarly Practitioners Through Poetryby Marjorie C. Ringler, Travis Lewis, Patrick Greene, and Rodney McNeillChapter 8. Creating a Socially-Just and Equitable EMBA Program for Womenby Kris Robertson Street and Matthew A. WitensteinChapter 9. Diné Scholars, Practitioners, and Activistsby Miranda Jensen Haskie and Barbara P. MinkChapter 10. "We Make the Road by Walking": The Ongoing Development and Impact of Social Justice Leadersby Liliana E. Castrellón, Jacqueline Roebuck Sakho, Ronald W. Whitaker II, and Rick McCownChapter 11. Restorative Mentorship to Promote Reciprocal Collaboration for Socially-Just Leadershipby Stefania Forte and Alia SheetyChapter 12. Mentoring in Color: The Journey of One Black Doctoral Candidate and her Mentors from Problem of Practice to Dissertation and Beyondby Franchesca Ho Sang, Marshall George, and Sherry L. DeckmanEpilogueAppendix A. "I am . . . a Socially Just Leader": Capturing the Empowerment of Scholarly Practitioners Through Poetryby Marjorie C. Ringler, Travis Lewis, Patrick Greene, and Rodney McNeillAppendix B. Dissertations by Members of the Navajo Nation Who Have Obtained an EdD at FieldingAbout the AuthorsIndex