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First Name
MaryJohn

Last Name
Pachuta-Rysak

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Email
[email protected]

Role(s)
Assistant Professor

Office Address
430C DeVos

Office Phone
616-331-7189

Department
Literacy, Educational Foundations, and Technology

Program
Educational Foundations

About

Dr. MaryJohn R. Pachuta-Rysak (they/them) is a friend, partner, sibling, cousin, lover of the outdoors, and dog and cat steward. They taught high school and middle school English in the Upstate region of South Carolina for ten years before pursuing a Ph.D. in Critical and Sociocultural Studies in Education from the University of Oregon. They teach courses in research methodologies in education and teacher action research.

Teaching Areas

• EDF 260, Educational Research and Assessment
• EDF 495, Capstone: Reflective Inquiry and Practice
• EDF 660, Educational Inquiry and Evaluation

Degrees

• Ph.D., Critical and Sociocultural Studies in Education, University of Oregon, 2024
• M.A., Society, Culture, and Politics in Education, University of British Columbia, 2014
• B.A., English and Secondary Education, Furman University, 2006

Academic & Professional Activities

• Program co-chair, Critical and Postfoundational Studies in Education Special Interest Group (SIG 45) of the American Educational Research Association

Scholarly Interests & Research

Their research interests include critical posthuman and postfoundational research methodologies in education, how foundational research assumptions (e.g. time, empiricism, data, knowledge) inform the ways justice can be enacted via research, teacher education curriculum for developing social-justice-minded educators, and retention of teachers with marginalized identities.

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