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From Inner Cities to Ivory Towers:

Illuminating the Experiences of Black Academics by Interrogating the Education Pipeline

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Dr. Kuykendall

PhD in Urban Education - Policy Studies

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About

Presentation of Self

WHO AM I?

I am many intersecting identities woven into a single person. I am a kid from the east side of Cleveland. I am Black. I am a woman. I am a member of the LGBTQ+ community. I am a spouse. I am a daughter. I am a sister. I am an aunt. I am a student. I am gifted. I am a scholar. I am full of questions whose answers are yet to be discovered.

My identities intermingle with my experiences, sometimes shaping my path and other times being shaped by it. Who I am is dependent on the day, time, and rotation of the planet on its axis. I am a work in progress.

I am a lifelong learner. As I learn, I teach. I am an instructor. 

I combine my lived experiences with research to tell my story. I talk to others to co-construct the meaning of their lived experiences and tell their stories. I study and analyze data to tell stories about education. I am an analyst. I am a researcher. I am a storyteller.

I am TK from the inner city.

I am Dr. TK to the ivory towers.

Education & Experience

Education

WHAT I’VE LEARNED

2020

Cleveland State University – Cleveland, OH

Doctorate of Philosophy, Urban Education - Policy Studies

Experience

WHERE I’VE WORKED

2019–Present

Cleveland State University - Cleveland, OH

Adjunct Professor

2015-Present
2016

Cleveland State University – Cleveland, OH

Master of Education, Education Research

Lakewood City School District - Lakewood, OH

Coordinator of Data/EMIS/Data Systems

2013-2015

Westlake City Schools - Westlake, OH

EMIS Coordinator/PowerSchool Project Manager

2014

Cleveland State University – Cleveland, OH

Master of Arts, Sociology

2006

Cleveland State University – Cleveland, OH

Bachelor of Arts, Psychology

Research

WHAT I STUDY

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Research
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