Jennifer R. Cowhy
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Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership
Also affiliated: Northwestern University (2023–2024)
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Jennifer R. Cowhy's research focuses on the experiences and roles of parents within special education systems. Her work investigates the administrative burdens families encounter, their engagement with educational policies, and how they are socially constructed within special education legislation. Cowhy also examines the organizational conditions that can foster shared responsibility in educational settings.
Her scholarship has resulted in 15 publications, with an h-index of 4 and 48 citations. She is an Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. Her recent publications explore themes such as parents as policy agents, the institutionalization of "othering," and the challenges faced by families navigating special education services.
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- h-index: 4
- Publications: 15
- Citations: 49
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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- 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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