DR. KAT J. STEPHENS-PEACE
Courses Taught
- Contemporary American Higher Education
- Student Development Theory
As a scholar and researcher of higher education and student affairs, Dr. Stephens-Peace works to gain clarity on graduate student experiences, disability culture in higher education institutions, and the needs of Black immigrant and international students. Her research focuses on graduate students, and has a thread of equity and inclusion throughout the various areas, projects, and populations she engages with. Her dissertation examines the experiences of graduate students with disabilities (neurodivergent conditions like ADHD, Autism, OCD, Dyslexia, etc.) at the nexus of racialized, gendered, experiences within (and outside of disability culture). Dr. Stephens-Peace is a critical qualitative scholar with experience using critical disability scholarship and arts based research methodologies, including poetic inquiry.
Education
Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Amherst (Higher Education), Ed.M., Teachers College, Columbia University (Higher and Postsecondary Education), B.A., Sarah Lawrence College (Africana Literature, Ed Policy, Sociology of Education), Borough of Manhattan Community College (Writing & Literature, Creative Writing)
Research Interests
Neurodivergent graduate students; graduate student socialization; Immigrant and International student experiences and racial/ethnic identity formation; returners to the Academy
Methodological Interests
Critical Qualitative, Accessibility-minded, Alternative & Indigenous methods, Arts-Based Methods
Publications
Department of Organizational Leadership
456 Pioneer Dr.
Rochester, MI 48309-4482
(location map)
(248) 370-2730
Educational Leadership
Pawley Hall, Room 480D
(248) 370-3070
fax: (248) 370-4605
Human Resource Development
Pawley Hall, Room 475E
(248) 370-4109
fax: (248) 370-4095