Online Colloquium Nov. 13: Rural Students in Higher Education
Register now to be part of an online colloquium taking place at noon Monday, Nov. 13 on Zoom to examine issues surrounding rural students in higher education. The colloquium is hosted by the Department of Educational Policy Studies and Evaluation in celebration of the University of Kentucky College of Education’s 100th anniversary. The event is co-sponsored by the UK Appalachian Center.
Presenter: Dr. Ty McNamee, assistant professor in the Department of Higher Education at the University of Mississippi
Session Description: Dr. Ty McNamee uses critical, sociological, and anthropological lenses to conduct qualitative research on higher education access, success, and equity for rural students, particularly those from poor and working-class backgrounds and those who are queer. Alongside his presentation, participants will have the opportunity for conversation and questions with McNamee.
About the speaker: Dr. Ty C. McNamee is an assistant professor of Higher Education in the Department of Higher Education at The University of Mississippi. Growing up as a gay, poor and working-class student on a farm/ranch in Wyoming greatly influenced McNamee’s research interests. He uses critical, sociological, and anthropological lenses to conduct qualitative research on higher education access, success, and equity for rural students, particularly those from poor and working-class backgrounds and those who are queer, as well as college teaching and learning and faculty development at rural postsecondary institutions. His research has been funded by national organizations, such as the ECMC Foundation, College Student Educators International (ACPA), the Association for Orientation, Transition, and Retention in Higher Education (NODA), and the National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students. It has also been published in Peabody Journal of Education, New Directions for Student Services, and Journal of Education Human Resources.
Outside of his research, McNamee co-founded and ran the Rural Education and Healthcare Coalition, a Teachers College, Columbia University student, faculty, and staff network focused on rural education and healthcare programming and research. He also actively serves in professional organizations, including the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE), the American Educational Research Association (AERA), and College Student Educators International (ACPA).
McNamee received his doctorate in Higher and Postsecondary Education from Teachers College, Columbia University in 2022, his Master of Arts in Higher Education and Student Affairs from the University of Connecticut in 2015, and his Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of Wyoming in 2013. He also completed in 2022 a Graduate Teaching Certificate from Colorado State University.
