People
Aditi Rajendran
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Assistant Professor
My research explores how leadership shifts policies and practices towards more racially just schools and systems.
PhD, Educational Policy, Organizations, and Leadership in P-12 Systems, University of Washington - Seattle
MEd, Learning, Diversity, and Urban Studies, Vanderbilt University
BA, Business Administration, University of Iowa
Racial equity leadership
Learning & organizational change
Community-based and participatory research
Critical and indigenous theories
School-community relations
My research explores how leadership shifts policies and practices towards more racially just schools and systems. I employ community-engaged and participatory design research methods to build more authentic and equitable collaborations between universities, schools, and communities. I draw on critical and Indigenous theories to center the knowledges, histories, experiences, and agency of communities of color leading equity-focused organizational change.
Awards
- Barbara L. Jackson Fellow
- David M. Clark Scholar
- Presidential Dissertation Award, University of Washington
- Provost Doctoral Scholarship, University of Washington
Affiliations
- American Education Research Association
- University Council of Education Administration
