derria byrd
Derria Byrd, Ph.D.Marquette University

Schroeder Complex, 113C

MilwaukeeWI53201United States of America(414) 288-3674

Assistant Professor

Educational Policy and Leadership

Degrees Held

  • Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, Educational Policy Studies
  • M.P.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison, La Follette School of Public Affairs, Education Policy
  • M.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison, Educational Policy Studies 
  • B.A., Brown University, American Studies | English & American Literature

Courses Taught

  • Social Justice Advocacy in Student Affairs
  • Sociological Foundations of Education
  • Interpretive and Critical Research in Education I
  • Educational Inquiry II 
  • Educational Studies: Community-Engaged Internship I & II

Research Interests

  • Higher Education
  • Race, Social Class, and Educational (In)equity
  • Organizational Culture and Change
  • First-Generation Faculty
  • Critical Theory
  • Social Justice Advocacy Development

Recent Publications

byrd, d. (2025). Leaning on experience: First-generation faculty as institutional agents. Journal of Diversity in Higher Education.  Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/dhe0000691

Gibson, M. & byrd, d. (2025). The power of place-based stories: A case study of the MKE Roots digital ecosystem. Journal of Folklore and Education, 12, 24-35. https://jfepublications.org/article/the-power-of-place-based-stories/

byrd, d. (2025) Using institutional habitus to position colleges and universities as social actors. Educational Theory, 75 (1), 51-80. https://doi.org/10.1111/edth.12686

byrd, d. & Siddiqui, N. S. (2024). A critical examination of first-generation faculty scholarship: Demonstrating the need for intersectional, empirical analysis. Journal of Diversity in Higher Education.doi.org/10.1037/dhe0000560

byrd, d. (2022). How diversity fails: An empirical investigation of organizational status and policy implementation on three public campuses. Education Sciences, 12(3), 211 doi.org/10.3390/educsci12030211  

byrd, d. (2019). Uncovering hegemony in higher education: A critical appraisal of the use of institutional habitus in empirical scholarship. Review of Educational Research, 89(2), 171-210. doi.org/10.3102/00346543188129

byrd, d. (2019). The diversity distraction: A critical comparative analysis of discourse in higher education research. Review of Higher Education, (42), 135-172. Doi: 10.1353/rhe.2019.0048  

 

Additional Information

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