Ashley Macrander
Senior Associate Dean of Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Access and Professor of Practice in Leadership
Area of Expertise:
Leadership, Leadership Development, Diversity
Research Interests:
Studying educational access and student identity development both domestically and internationally
Selected Publications:
- "Fractal inequality: A social network analysis of global and regional international student mobility", Research in Comparative and International Education, Issue 2, 243-268, 2017
- "An international solution to a national crisis: Trends in student mobility to the United States post 2008", International Journal of Educational Research, Issue 82C, 1-20, 2017
- "The crisis of race in higher education: a day of discovery and dialogue", with W. Tate, N. Staudt, 2016
- "a private university called to a public mission: Selective higher education, diversity, and access", 343-354, 2016
- "The missing box: Multiracial student identity development at a predominantly white institution", 17-42, with R. Winkle-Wagner, 2016
- "Spatial (in)justice: Mapping post-apartheid South African tertiary education access", 71-90, 2015
Awards/Honors:
- Student Veterans "Got Your Back Award", Washington University, 2017
- Inaugural Graduate Student Commencement Speaker, Washington University, 2016
- Dr. Diane DeMell Jacobsen Scholarship, 2014
- Dean's Award for Teaching Excellence, 2013
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Ashley Macrander, Ph.D., is Senior Associate Dean of Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Access; Graduate Programs Enrollment Management and Academic Affairs; and a Professor of Practice in Leadership at Washington University in St. Louis. In this role, Ashley guides the Enrollment Management and Student Affairs team serving Olin's graduate education programs, including: the Executive MBA, Professional MBA, MBA, Specialized Master's Programs, Online MBA and Online Specialized Master's Programs. Aligned with this research agenda, Ashley developed a seminar on comparative and international education, taught as part of a summer school program at Tsinghua University in Beijing, and studied intercultural communication at the University of Helsinki. Ashley has published work on the social determinants of access to higher education in South Africa, trends in international student mobility to the United States following the 2008 economic downturn, and regional international student mobility. She has also co-edited a volume entitled <i>The Crisis of Race in Higher Education: A Day of Discovery and Dialogue</i> (Emerald Books, 2017). Ashley holds a doctorate in Education from Washington University in St. Louis, and a Master’s in Higher Education Administration and Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies both from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Email: ashleymacrander@wustl.edu
PhD 2016, Washington University
MA 2011, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
BA 2009, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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