Rachel White

Service

National Service

Editorial Boards

American Educational Research Journal, 2020-present

Ad Hoc Peer Reviewer

Educational Administration Quarterly, Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, AERA Open, Economics of Education Review, Educational Researcher, School Effectiveness and School Improvement, American Journal of Education, Education Policy Analysis Archives,

American Educational Research Association

Member-At-Large, Learning and Teaching in Educational Leadership (LTEL) SIG, 2019-present

Member, PEA Publications Committee, 2018-present

Member, Division L Dissertation. Committee, 2019

Member, PEA Dissertation Award Committee, 2018, 2021

AERA Program Chair, Politics of Education Association (PEA) Special Interest Group (SIG), 2018-2020

Conference Proposal Reviewer, AERA Division A, Division L, PEA, 2012-present

University Council for Educational Administration

Conference & Graduate Student Summit Proposal Reviewer, 2013-present

Graduate Student Council Representative, 2015-2017

University Service

Old Dominion University (ODU)

Marshal, ODU Commencement, Winter 2019

ODU Darden College of Education & Professional Studies (DCEPS)

Chair, DCEPS Faculty Diversity Committee, 2020-present

Member, DCEPS Dissertation Fellowship Committee, 2020-present

Member, Search Committee, Department of Counseling & Human Services, Spring 2021

Member, Planning Committee, ODU DCEPS Critical Conversations in Education, Spring 2021

Lead, DCEPS Alliance for Equity-Based Research & Practice, Anti-Racist Educational Leadership

Course Development, Spring 2021

Member, DCEPS Awards Committee, 2020-present

Department Representative, DCEPS COVID-19 Technology Transition Team, 2020

Member, DCEPS Diversity Committee, 2019-2020

ODU DCEPS Department of Educational Foundations & Leadership (EFL)

Chair, EFL Diversity & Social Justice Committee, 2020-present

Lead, EFL Education Policy Institute, 2019-present

Member, EFL Curriculum Committee, 2019-2020

ODU DCEPS EFL Educational Leadership Services (ELS) Program

Coordinator, ELS Graduate Research Colloquium, 2020-present

Lead, ESL Graduate Student Writers’ Workshop, Spring 2021

Coordinator, ELS Virtual MS/EdS Graduation Ceremony, Fall 2020-present

Faculty Collaborator, ELS 7/802 and 7/810, 2020-present

Member, ELS Program Redesign Committee, 2018-present

Michigan State University

Student Representative, Senior Hire Committee, 2016-2017

Member, Education Policy Doctoral Program Course Workgroup (Social Context of Education), 2016

Graduate Student Assistant, Politics of Education Speaker Series, 2015-2016

Co-Chair, Collaboration Amongst Education Policy Students (CAEPS), 2014-2017

University of Michigan

Chair, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Alumni Board, 2020-present

Member, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Alumni Board, 2015-2020

Honors

Awards

New Investigator for Grants and Contracts Award, Darden College of Education & Professional Studies, 2020
ODU “Reign On” Faculty Recognition Award, Spring 2020
Outstanding Dissertation Award, American Educational Research Assoc., Division L (Policy and Politics), 2018
Dissertation of the Year Award, Politics of Education Association, 2018
Association of Education Finance and Policy (AEFP) New Scholar Award, 2017
Dean’s Scholar Award, Michigan State University College of Education, 2012-2017
College of Education Alumni Fellowship, Michigan State University College of Education, 2015-2016
Houston Consortium for Education Research Data Access Award, 2015-2016
Hinman Graduate Fellowship, Michigan State University College of Education, 2014-2015
M/I Homes Foundation Scholarship, 2011-2012
- $5,000 awarded to an outstanding female scholar-athlete funding for postgraduate studies at Ohio State based on demonstrated athletic and academic success as well as community contributions through involvement in civic or university organizations
Long Taylor Foundation Scholarship, 2010-2012
- Full-time, year-round funding covering tuition, room and board for a graduate student at The Ohio State University based on academic achievement and merit and distributed to a graduate student with enthusiasm, conscientiousness, and ambitious goals toward improving society
Academic All-Conference (Big Ten) Track & Field, 2010 & 2011
Academic All-Conference (Big Ten) Cross Country, 2009 & 2010

Invited Scholar, Democracy in Education Workgroup, 2020-present

Invited Scholar, School Board Answers Project, 2020-present

Invited Scholar, Education Policy Collaborative , 2018-present

Invited Scholar, AEI’s Future of American K-12 Education Working Group, 2017, 2018

Emerging Education Policy Scholars Fellowship, 2016-2017

David L. Clark Seminar Fellow, University Council of Educational Administration and American Education Research Association Division L, 2015-2016

Education Policy Academy Delegate, American Enterprise Institute, August 2013

Research Fellowships

American Education Research Association (AERA), 2012-present
Association for Education Finance and Policy (AEFP), 2012-present
University Council for Educational Administration (UCEA), 2012-present
Ohio State University Women’s “Varsity O” Alumni Association, 2011-present
The University of Michigan Alumni Letterwinners M Club, 2010-present

Memberships