Joey Shepherd is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Education Policy, Organization & Leadership with concentrations in Higher Education and the History of Education. He has ten years of experience as a higher education administrator and has previously served as a director of the following areas: academic accommodations/accessibility services, first-year transition support, housing, peer tutoring, residence life, student conduct adjudication, and student support. His research focuses on historical and contemporary barriers to higher education access, equity, and inclusion; first generation college students; and critical whiteness studies.
Expected Year of Graduation: 2028
Educational Background:
Ph.D. (in progress) Education Policy, Organization & Leadership, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
M.A., Adult and Higher Education, Morehead State University, 2018
B.A., Education Studies, Berea College, 2014
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joeyshepherd/