educational equity – Faculty /faculty Wed, 28 Jan 2026 21:07:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 /wp-content/themes/b/bates-framework/styles/images/bates-favicon.png educational equity – Faculty /faculty 32 32 Mara C. Tieken /faculty/profile/mara-c-tieken/ Mon, 31 Aug 2015 15:25:25 +0000 /faculty/profile/mara-c-tieken/ Mara Casey Tieken’s research centers on racial and educational equity in rural schools and communities. Her recently published book— (University of Chicago Press)—focuses on the college experiences of rural, first-generation students; it argues that place is an overlooked factor that shapes educational opportunity. Her previous book (University of North Carolina Press, 2014), an ethnographic study of two rural Arkansas communities, examines how rural schools create community and shape the racial landscapes of these towns. She is currently working on a project, funded by the Spencer Foundation and the Reed Foundation, that examines the impacts of school closure on rural Black communities, and she has designed a with tools for communities threatened with school closure. She is also involved in the work of the ; she is co-Principal Investigator on a study of rural- serving college access organizations.

Tieken also writes about rural demographics, race and rural politics, and community organizing for education reform. Her work has been published in Review of Educational Research, Rural Sociology, Harvard Educational Review, American Educational Research Journal, Peabody Journal of Education, and Sociological Focus, and she is an associate editor of the Journal of Research in Rural Education. She was a member of the National Academies committee on K-12 STEM Education and Workforce Development in Rural Areas; its 2025 makes recommendations to federal, state, and local stakeholders to advance STEM education and workforce development. She also frequently publishes op-eds about , , and .

Tieken was the 2016 recipient of the Ernest A. Lynton Award for the Scholarship of Engagement for Early Career Faculty and the 2024 recipient of ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½â€™s Kroepsch Award for excellence in teaching. Before receiving her doctorate in education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, she taught third grade and adult basic education in rural Tennessee.

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