Dr. Penny A. Pasque (she/her) is professor of Higher Education & Student Affairs in Educational Studies the College of Education and Human Ecology. She is founding director of the QualLab research center and editor of The Review of Higher Education, one of the leading research journals in the field. She coordinates the Qualitative Inquiry in Education (QIE) certificate and ESQUAL courses for the department. Pasque is one of the leading qualitative researchers in the US focusing on research design congruence. She uses qualitative methodologies & methods in her research designs, studies (post)qualitative methodologies & methods, and teaches scholars about the various qualitative approaches at their disposal for research that works toward social justice and equity. Her work on Critical Advocacy Inquiry (with Carducci) is becoming an important new contribution that connects critical, transformative, & participatory paradigmatic approaches. She thinks the QualLab team is AMAZING! For more on Dr. Pasque, see:
- Penny A. Pasque, Professor & Director, The Ohio State University
- Dr. Penny Pasque shares her vision for the EHE QualLab here.
Dr. Rhodesia McMillian
(she/her) is an Assistant Professor of educational policy and a nationally certified school psychologist. She serves as QualLab’s NVivo expert. Utilizing critical methodologies and theories, she is an interdisciplinary scholar whose research bridges K-12 education reform law, education policy, elementary and secondary educational governance, special education law, and sociology. Dr. McMillian’s primary scholarship investigates how federal, state, and local education policies impact the educational experiences of students of color and students with disabilities, as well as the ways in which educational disparities persist in k-12 public education.
Dr. Ruth Lu (she/her) is a qualitative researcher affiliated with QualLab. She has worked independently and collaboratively on multiple qualitative and qual-led mixed-method interdisciplinary studies. Currently, with Dr. Pasque as PI, she is leading three interdisciplinary phenomenology research projects in the areas of Optometry, Ophthalmology, and Chronic Brain Injury with Ohio State Wexner Medical Center and College of Education and Human Ecology. Additionally, she is expanding her expertise in data analysis using NVivo.
Mianmian Fei (she/her) is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Higher Education and Student Affairs program at the Department of Educational Studies. She has a background in anthropology and sociology and believes in the power of interdisciplinary research. She is interested in the internationalization of higher education, comparative higher education, and sociology of education. She spent her formative years in China, the United States, and Switzerland and strives to become a global-minded researcher with cultural sensitivity and competence.
Sohan Daniel (he/him) is a second-year master’s student in the Educational Studies Department studying Higher Education and Student Affairs. He currently serves as an Assistant Residence Hall Director on campus. Sohan also spent time at West Virginia University (B.S.) and the University of Texas at Austin as a conference coordinator. He is looking forward to working with the QualLab team to learn and contribute to research in his field as well as similar fields.
Kieren Bode (he/him) is a fourth-year honors student majoring in Public Affairs and Economics with a minor in French. He is passionate about improving equal opportunity in early childhood education and plans on working in education policy. Through his work at the QualLab, Kieren hopes to explore the realm of education research and policy, while also acquiring valuable tools through QualLab networks to properly assess how diversity is being acknowledged in the educational world.
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- Graduate Research Associate: shea martin, Anna Zaitseva, Joe Spurlock, Tess Smith, Hannah Reyes, Chelsea Gilbert, Dr. e alexander, Adrian Bitton, Bakari Lumumba, Dr. Sina Saeedi
- Postdoctoral researcher: Dr. e alexander
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- Ph.D. Intern: Faustina Mensah (Ohio University)
- Master’s Intern: Jennifer Watley, J-Mi DeLeon
- Undergraduate Intern: Ann Bixel (Ohio University)
- Undergraduate Student Coordinator: Dahianna Ontaneda