Rebecca Lowenhaupt

Professor

Lynch School of Education

Profile

Dr. Lowenhaupt is an expert in school reform and immigration issues in education. She studies the implementation of school reform in the context of shifting student demographics and a changing policy climate for English Language Learners (ELLs).

Widely published, Lowenhaupt is the co-author of: 鈥淭oward a Theory of School Capacity in New Immigrant Destinations: Instructional and Organizational Considerations鈥 (Leadership & Policy in Schools,聽2015); 鈥淥rganizing Instruction in New Immigrant Destinations: District Infrastructure and Subject-specific School Practice鈥 (American Educational Research Journal--Social and Institutional Analysis, 2015) and author of 鈥淪chool Access and Participation: Family Engagement Practices in the New Latino Diaspora鈥 (Education and Urban Society,聽2012). She is also the winner of the Outstanding Paper Award for, 鈥淭he language of Leadership: Principal Rhetoric in Everyday Practice鈥 (Journal of Educational Administration,聽2015). Lowenhaupt has received funding for her work from the Spencer Foundation, the W.T. Grant Foundation, and the National Science Foundation. She also serves as an assistant editor for the journal Educational Policy.