College of Education and Human Development

Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development

People

Aditi Rajendran

  • 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