Katherine  Crawford-Garrett
Lecturer/Research  |  2015-16

New Zealand

Project Title: Neoliberal Narratives, Minority Empowerment and School Reform: The Case of TeachFirst New Zealand 

Dr. Katherine Crawford-Garrett is an associate professor of Teacher Education, Educational leadership & Policy at the College of Education & Human Sciences. Her areas of scholarship include neoliberal contexts of schooling, teacher activism, critical literacy and feminism. The research on her 2016 Fulbright US Scholar Award focused on TeachFirst NZ, a program that prepares university graduates in New Zealand to work in low-decile schools. Dr. Crawford-Garrett is also a recipient of Fulbright-Hays Fellowship to South Africa and Botswana while she was an elementary school teacher.   

"My Fulbright experience in New Zealand was absolutely life-changing. I met a new set of incredible colleagues and collaborators whom I still work with today and had the opportunity to engage in rigorous cross-cultural research. My children and husband also had a fantastic experience as we immersed ourselves in New Zealand culture and traveled the country extensively. I would highly recommend that every faculty member pursue a Fulbright Core Scholar Grant!"