I'm fortunate to be on the advisory board for @nchems.bsky.social's project on the rural US, land-grants, extension, & workforce nchems.org/project/serv... Excited to share a project-related brief "Recognizing Extension Learning: Pathways to Credit and Career Advancement" nchems.org/wp-content/u...

As folks' plans for @aeraedresearch.bsky.social Annual Meeting have shaken out, Division J - Section 2a is looking for individuals to fill the roles below for paper sessions. If you are attending AERA and able to serve in any these roles, comment and I will DM you directly 🙂 Thank you in advance!

The Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research Vol 41, edited by Laura Perna and published by @springernature.com, is now available! link.springer.com/referencewor... Please check out Shadman Islem's, Austin Van Horn's, & my chapter on measuring and defining rurality and the other chapters!👏

Part 2 of special issue Queering Rural Ed jointly published through Journals of Research in Rural Ed and Queer and Trans Studies in Ed, co-edited by Darris Means, Leia Cain & me! Pt 2 traditional research scholarscompass.vcu.edu/jqtsie/vol3/iss1/ / Pt. 1 arts-based scholarship jrre.psu.edu/volume/41

Congress moves to reject Trump plan to slash Education Department funding “A bipartisan 2026 spending proposal from both legislative chambers would preserve funding for a litany of student support programs.” www.highereddive.com/news/congres...

“Building Momentum for Rural Institutions and Learners” by @stephaniesowl.bsky.social from the ECMC Foundation www.ecmcfoundation.org/news/foundat...

Presenting Part 1 of special issue "Queering Rural Education," jointly published through Journals of Research in Rural Education & Queer and Trans Studies in Education, co-edited by Darris Means, Leia Cain, & me. Part 1 centers arts-based scholarship. Stay tuned for Part 2. 🙂 jrre.psu.edu/volume/41

Rural America, Growth Area? One of Higher Ed’s Emerging Growth Areas Is One It Struggles to Serve via @chronicle.com www.chronicle.com/article/rura...

@mdrc-news.bsky.social's National Rural Higher Ed Research Center to host inaugural Rural Research Mentorship Network cohort, offering opportunities to grad students and early-career researchers interested in conducting #ruraled research. $1000 honorarium. mdrcfed.gov1.qualtrics.com/CP/File.php?...

Honored to have this chapter in our field’s handbook Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research! Thanks to Drs. Laura Perna and Nick Hillman for the invitation! Thank you as well to Shadman Islem and Austin Van Horn for their collaboration on this chapter! 👏 link.springer.com/rwe/10.1007/...

I’m super excited to engage in this book talk for @eddesignlab.bsky.social! Can’t wait to discuss my book, published by @routledgebooks.bsky.social, and how we can better support rural, poor and working-class students in higher education! 🙂 Register at ruraltogether.circle.so/c/community-...

FFA Students from 11 States Advocate for Secure Rural Schools Act in Washington D.C. via @nrea.net nrea.net/ffa-students...

Rural students shouldn't have to leave home to succeed edsource.org?page_id=744167 via @edsource.org

Hold onto your hats! Just kicked off the RTL @ruraltalentlabs.bsky.social w. @arrc.bsky.social @drandrewk.bsky.social @proftyson.bsky.social @tycmcnamee.bsky.social Ready to hit the road to conduct community listening tours across the country. As always, I'm here to hear. #RuralTalent #ListenUp

So excited to be in Boone, NC at Appalachian State University taking part in a meeting for our recently-founded @ruraltalentlabs.bsky.social! Learning lots, and love being in community with our state partners and stakeholders! To learn more about this lab: www.regionalcolleges.org/project/rura...

Another @nrea.net #RuralEdForum in the books! I was very excited about presenting this year — only did I get to discuss my home state Wyoming’s community colleges but I got the honor of presenting with two amazing Uni of Mississippi students who did a fantastic job! 👏 @jrdavisroger.bsky.social

Thank you to the ECMC Foundation for funding multiple years of research related to postsecondary career and technical education (CTE)! This may be our last convening as Research Fellows, but the positive ripple effects of this program will live on! 👏❤️

Educational attainment in rural America rises, but urban areas widen the degree gap. Formal educational attainment in rural (nonmetropolitan) America has grown over time, but the attainment gap between rural and urban (metropolitan) areas persists. USDA Economic Research Service, B. Genetin, 2025

OPINION: Rural community colleges are uniquely positioned to tackle complex regional challenges and drive community transformation. Here’s how hechingerreport.org/opinion-rura... via @hechingerreport.org

New pub on the role rural-located/serving higher ed institutions play in rural college success, co-authored w/ Dr. @sonjaardoin.bsky.social and part of @routledgebooks.bsky.social Handbook on Postsecondary Student Success, edited by Drs. Shouping Hu and Joe O'Shea! www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...

Had such a positive experience speaking at a seminar in Detroit about rural education/higher ed this week! One of my favorite parts was getting to hang with two of my favs, Professors Darris Means and Karen Eppley! See y’all next month at the National Rural Education Association annual conference! ❤️

The University of Wyoming and Wyo community colleges receive TRIO funding to help low-income, first-generation, and disabled students, many with families and jobs. With TRIO up for debate in the federal budget, such students’ ed plans could be at stake. www.wyomingpublicmedia.org/education/20...

Apply by September 5th for the 2025-26 Mississippi Education Policy Fellowship, hosted by the Rural Education Research and Initiatives Lab at the Social Science Research Center at Mississippi State University! I had such a positive experience in this program and recommend it to Mississippi folks!

"@arrc.bsky.social-Led Rural Talent Lab Launches Inaugural Cohort: 5 States Commit to Building Career-Connected Credential Pathways in Rural America" Honored to continue work with this amazing Ascendium-funded lab! We're excited to have KS, MT, NH, PA, & WV as our inaugural state partner cohort!

The Bachelor’s Degree: Rethinking pathways for students in rural communities via @insidehighered.com www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...

HELP, Y'ALL!🙏🙂 I am serving this year as Program Co-Chair for the AERA Division J - Section 2a: College Student Access, Trajectories, & Transitions. Even after inviting many folks, we are short this year on our # of reviewers. If you can review some proposals for our section, please comment below.

I get so so excited to see these amazing rural college access programs Washington University in St. Louis and other institutions are doing in recent years, led by the fantastic Dacoda Scarlett! 👏 Keep it up, y’all! source.washu.edu/2025/07/rura...

The in-person kickoff of our Ascendium-funded @ruraltalentlab.bsky.social was such a positive experience! I think we all left feeling ready to continue our rural higher ed and workforce work and research across 5 states! To learn more about what we are doing: www.regionalcolleges.org/project/rura...

I’m SO excited to have been elected Program Co-Chair of the @aeraedresearch.bsky.social Rural Education SIG! THANK YOU to all who voted for me! Looking forward to serving alongside my Co-Chair Kessa Roberts, under SIG Chair Cat Biddle! Can’t wait to plan an awesome rural-focused program for y’all! 👏

Submissions for the 2026 @aeraedresearch.bsky.social Annual Meeting are due soon, 7/25! We on the AERA #DivisionJ Program Planning Committee and the #RuralEd SIG Program Planning Committee are looking forward to your submissions! 🙂 To learn more and submit: www.aera.net/Events-Meeti...

So excited to start my new professor role today in the Dept of Educational Policy Studies & Evaluation at the Uni of Kentucky! Looking forward to continuing my research on rural higher ed issues, teaching education classes, and serving communities at the local, regional, state, and national levels!

RELEASE: Rural Students Disproportionately Harmed by Trump’s Attacks on Education via @americanprogress.bsky.social www.americanprogress.org/press/releas...

Preparing Rural Students for College and Beyond by Improving Access to Coursework via @americanprogress.bsky.social www.americanprogress.org/article/prep...

“Exploring Pride and Support of LGBTQ+ Young People in Rural Communities” via @btwfoundation.bsky.social and Hopelab assets.hopelab.org/wp-content/u...

My book on rural, poor and working-class college students is now available to purchase! THANK YOU to folks who supported me in this journey, the amazing students who shared their stories with me, and of course my fantastic publisher #RoutledgeBooks! www.routledge.com/The-Cultural...

@jqtsie.bsky.social is in search of new Editorial Board members, particularly Associate and Consulting Editors! You can nominate others or yourself. I’m on the Board and have had a positive experience! 🙂   To learn more about the roles and to nominate/self-nominate: tinyurl.com/jqtsienomina...

In five rural California counties, community college access is lacking | Opinion via @sacbee.com Read more at: www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-e...

Hi folks! We are sending out reviewer invitation emails to those who would be great reviewers for #AERA Division J but didn't get the opportunity to sign up to be reviewers yet. If you study college access, trajectories, and/or transitions and want to review, let me know ASAP! 🙂

Abandoning Students in Rural America: The Real Cost of the Trump Administration’s Education Budget via @tcfdotorg.bsky.social tcf.org/content/comm...

“Rural Communities Are Changing: So Too Must Land Grant Universities and Cooperative Extension Services” by Sarah Pingel & Artemio Cardenas via Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @nchems.bsky.social

Happy Pride!! 👏 Can’t think of a better time than right now to say WE ARE HERE AND WON’T BE GOING AWAY. 🖤🤎🩷❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

Excited to announce my book from #Routledge #TaylorandFrancis is available to pre-order! I received my copy today and am looking forward to folks reading about rural, poor and working-class students in higher ed and policy/practice to support their degree attainment! tinyurl.com/RuralPoorWor...

📣 Calling all rural education leaders and changemakers! Don’t miss the 2025 National Forum to Advance Rural Education—October 13–15 in Salt Lake City. Register now 👉 www.nrea.net/nfare #RuralEdForum #RuralEducation #EdLeadership

Join this webinar to learn more about how to define rurality and potential state funding strategies that have the potential to sustain rural colleges and universities. 6/18/25, 12pm CT sponsored by @nchems.bsky.social us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Pub alert! Towards a Critical Rural Education Line of Inquiry: Rural Spaces as Multi-Identity Contexts published in the Handbook on Rural and Remote Ed. Honored to have written this piece w/ Dr. Jenay Willis and @jrdavisroger.bsky.social! THANK YOU to the editors! www.elgaronline.com/edcollbook/b...

“She Was Told to Leave Rural America to Succeed. Now, This Senior Wants to Help Rural Communities Thrive.” #GeorgetownUniversity www.georgetown.edu/news/student...

“College Transfers Are Rising, But Many Rural Students Are Still Left Behind” via @insidehighered.com www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...

Thank you to @dailyyonder.bsky.social for discussing our new @ruraltalentlab.bsky.social! I appreciate y’all quoting me alongside the amazing Dr. Andrew Koricich! Our team is excited to continue to get the ball rolling on this multi-year rural ed & workforce project! dailyyonder.com/rural-talent...

I can unequivocally say that MANY of the rural, poor and working-class students in my research credit TRIO to their success and continued enrollment in college. These cuts would be devastating to communities like where I come from. Write your congresspeople. www.insidehighered.com/news/student...

I’m grading finals a little bit every day instead of everything in 1-2 days. Only 6+ years of graduate teaching for me to learn this lesson 😅