Jennifer R. Cowhy Source Confirmed

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Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership

University of Arkansas at Fayetteville

faculty

3 h-index 14 pubs 44 cited

Research Areas

Family and Disability Support Research Education Systems and Policy Parental Involvement in Education Racial and Ethnic Identity Research Social and Intergroup Psychology

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OverviewAI-generated summary

Jennifer R. Cowhy's research investigates the experiences of parents and families navigating special education systems. Her work focuses on parents' roles as policy agents, the administrative burdens they face, and the challenges associated with forced school choice for students with disabilities. Cowhy's publications explore how parents are socially constructed within special education legislation and the organizational conditions that can support shared responsibility between schools and families.

Her scholarship includes studies on "forced to choose" scenarios for families, the "roadblocks and supports for parent engagement," and the "social construction of parents in special education legislation." Cowhy's recent publications, including those in 2024 and 2025, continue to examine parents' experiences within special education policy and practice. She has published 14 works with 44 citations and an h-index of 3.

Metrics

  • h-index: 3
  • Publications: 14
  • Citations: 44

Selected Publications

  • “You Have to Stay on Top of It”: Parents’ Experiences of Administrative Burdens in Special Education (2025) DOI
  • Toward Dissolving the Institutionalization of “Othering”: Organizational Conditions that Support Shared Responsibility (2024) DOI

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