Mara Tieken

Mara Tieken

Promoted to Professor of Education

Terminal degree and institution: Ed.D., Harvard University

Scholarly and creative work: Rural education, college access and persistence, community organizing, race, and class in rural communities, with a special interest in rural school closure and consolidation.

Educated out: How rural students navigate elite colleges—and what it costs them

Educated out: How rural students navigate elite colleges—and what it costs them

Challenges facing schools in rural America

Challenges facing schools in rural America

The Policies and Politics of Rural Education, 2nd Edition

The Policies and Politics of Rural Education, 2nd Edition

“We Don't Know How to Do This”: Rural Parents' Perspectives on and Roles in Enrollment at a Private, Selective Liberal Arts College

“We Don't Know How to Do This”: Rural Parents' Perspectives on and Roles in Enrollment at a Private, Selective Liberal Arts College

Local color: Perceived racial demographics of more and less rural locations

Local color: Perceived racial demographics of more and less rural locations

Rural Poverty and Rural Schools

Rural Poverty and Rural Schools

Wrestling with the Past and Mapping the Future: A Call to the Field

Wrestling with the Past and Mapping the Future: A Call to the Field

Commentary: Times article on rural school misses half the story— educational success

Commentary: Times article on rural school misses half the story— educational success