Jennifer R. Cowhy Data-verified
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Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership
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Jennifer R. Cowhy's research investigates the experiences of parents and families navigating special education systems. Her work examines how families are positioned as policy agents and the administrative burdens they encounter, particularly in contexts of forced school choice. Cowhy's publications explore the social construction of parents within special education legislation and the organizational conditions that can foster shared responsibility between schools and families.
Her scholarship has resulted in 14 publications, with an h-index of 3 and 44 total citations. She has recently published work in 2024 and 2025, indicating ongoing activity in her research areas. Cowhy's research contributes to understanding the dynamics between families, policy, and educational institutions within special education.
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- h-index: 3
- Publications: 15
- Citations: 46
Selected Publications
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“You Have to Stay on Top of It”: Parents’ Experiences of Administrative Burdens in Special Education (2025)
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Toward Dissolving the Institutionalization of “Othering”: Organizational Conditions that Support Shared Responsibility (2024)
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- Forced to Choose: Lessons Learned from Families of Students Within Special Education
- Forced to Choose: Lessons Learned from Families of Students Within Special Education
- Reconceptualizing Parents as Policy Agents Within Special Education
- Reconceptualizing Parents as Policy Agents Within Special Education
- Toward Dissolving the Institutionalization of “Othering”: Organizational Conditions that Support Shared Responsibility
- Toward Dissolving the Institutionalization of “Othering”: Organizational Conditions that Support Shared Responsibility
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