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Amy N. Farley
Assoc Professor, CECH Educational Studies
615W Teachers College
Amy N. Farley is an Associate Professor of Educational Leadership & Policy Studies in the School of Education. Her current research focuses broadly on equity in P-20 education systems and how consequential policies impact educational opportunity, access, and student outcomes. Since her appointment at UC, Dr. Farley has led multiple research-practice partnerships examining student success, academic supports, and education policy in both legal education and undergraduate studies. She has also collaborated on research examining equity and opportunity in a variety of K-12 settings. Dr. Farley currently serves as an Associate Editor for AERA Open and the Division L (Policy and Politics) Secretary for the American Educational Research Association.
Dr. Farley completed her Ph.D. at the University of Colorado, with a dual emphasis in education policy and research and evaluation methodology.
Before joining the University of Cincinnati, she was a Strategic Data Fellow through Harvard’s Center for Education Policy Research, where she worked closely with state and local agencies to conduct research and provide technical support in the implementation of policies related to standards, evaluation, and assessment. Following her fellowship, she became the Director of Research & Impact at her agency, where she led the development and execution of the research plan for a $20M grant and served as Principal Investigator on two additional grants through the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Prior to graduate school, she taught 4th through 8th grade in Oregon.
Dr. Farley completed her Ph.D. at the University of Colorado, with a dual emphasis in education policy and research and evaluation methodology.
Before joining the University of Cincinnati, she was a Strategic Data Fellow through Harvard’s Center for Education Policy Research, where she worked closely with state and local agencies to conduct research and provide technical support in the implementation of policies related to standards, evaluation, and assessment. Following her fellowship, she became the Director of Research & Impact at her agency, where she led the development and execution of the research plan for a $20M grant and served as Principal Investigator on two additional grants through the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Prior to graduate school, she taught 4th through 8th grade in Oregon.
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Everrett A Smith
Associate Professor, Higher Education, CECH Educational Leadership (EDLD)
610P Teachers College
Dr. Everrett A. Smith is a tenured Associate Professor of Higher Education in the School of Education at the University of Cincinnati (UC). His expertise is in higher education finance, governance, and policy. This research contributes to a new understanding of topics such as college affordability, philanthropy, and administrative responses to public policy decisions.
Dr. Smith recently led a co-edited volume of New Directions for Community Colleges, which focused on community colleges in urban environments, their role in serving their cities, and the challenges these unique organizations wrestle with while providing access to postsecondary education. He also recently co-authored the first known study to examine the state of Black college students in Ohio, a research report funded by the Joyce Foundation.
In addition to his faculty role, he is a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Cincinnati Foundation, where he researches inclusive philanthropy. He is also the Principal Investigator of the Inclusive Philanthropy Leadership & Research Collaborative, a grant-funded research-practice partnership that aims to better understand how historically underrepresented donors engage in philanthropy with their alma mater and community.
Dr. Smith has held multiple staff and administrative roles, including leading the Educational Leadership & Policy Studies program at the University of Cincinnati, establishing and coordinating the higher education administration program at UC, serving as director of assessment for the Division of Student Affairs at the University of Arkansas, working as an admissions officer at Christian Brothers University, and serving as a research assistant for the University of Rochester School of Nursing. He also taught high school Spanish in the Memphis City School system. He was a Southern Regional Education Board Doctoral Award recipient and completed his interdisciplinary doctoral studies in public policy at the University of Arkansas. A native of Memphis, Tennessee, he earned his M.S. from the University of Memphis and a B.S. from Middle Tennessee State University.
Dr. Smith recently led a co-edited volume of New Directions for Community Colleges, which focused on community colleges in urban environments, their role in serving their cities, and the challenges these unique organizations wrestle with while providing access to postsecondary education. He also recently co-authored the first known study to examine the state of Black college students in Ohio, a research report funded by the Joyce Foundation.
In addition to his faculty role, he is a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Cincinnati Foundation, where he researches inclusive philanthropy. He is also the Principal Investigator of the Inclusive Philanthropy Leadership & Research Collaborative, a grant-funded research-practice partnership that aims to better understand how historically underrepresented donors engage in philanthropy with their alma mater and community.
Dr. Smith has held multiple staff and administrative roles, including leading the Educational Leadership & Policy Studies program at the University of Cincinnati, establishing and coordinating the higher education administration program at UC, serving as director of assessment for the Division of Student Affairs at the University of Arkansas, working as an admissions officer at Christian Brothers University, and serving as a research assistant for the University of Rochester School of Nursing. He also taught high school Spanish in the Memphis City School system. He was a Southern Regional Education Board Doctoral Award recipient and completed his interdisciplinary doctoral studies in public policy at the University of Arkansas. A native of Memphis, Tennessee, he earned his M.S. from the University of Memphis and a B.S. from Middle Tennessee State University.