| Title: | Associate Professor |
| Dept: | Curriculum & Foundations |
| Office: | JH 360 |
| Phone: | 216-687-4589 |
| Email: | k.clonanroy@csuohio.edu |
| Address: | 2121 Euclid Ave. JH 360, Cleveland, OH 44115 |
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Ph.D., Education, University of Pennsylvania, 2016
M.A.T., Secondary Science Education, American University, 2011 B.A., Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies / Spanish, The Ohio State University, 2009 | ||||||||
| Brief Bio: | ||
| Katie Clonan-Roy is an Associate Professor at Cleveland State University, in the Department of Curriculum and Foundations.
Katie's research focuses on the intersections of education, adolescent development, and gender and sexuality studies. Katie's current work takes on intersectional and critical perspectives in examining the experiences of girls of Color in diverse educational contexts and of LGBTQ+ youth in schools (in school-based sex education specifically) and communities. Katie is also a member of the THRiVE Research Collaborative at CSU with Dr. Kimberly Fuller (Social Work), Dr. Elizabeth Goncy (Psychology), and Dr. Shereen Naser (Psychology). The THRiVE Research Collaborative is an interdisciplinary team of researchers, who seek to enhance the health and wellbeing of children, adolescents, and young adults through understanding how intersecting systems impact healthy development for youth. THRiVE achieves its mission by utilizing qualitative and quantitative research methodologies, centering data sharing with communities, and actively working to include youth voice in all of the Collaborative¿s work. THRiVE is invested in contributing to CSU's role as an urban community collaborator in enhancing the well-being of youth and young adults. | ||
| Honors and Awards: | ||
| 2023. Honorable Mention for the 2023 Outstanding Book Awards for Care Based Methodologies: Reimagining Qualitative Research with Youth in US Schools. Educational Problems Division, The Society for the Study of Social Problems.
2022. Honorable Mention for the 2022 Outstanding Book Awards for Care Based Methodologies: Reimagining Qualitative Research with Youth in US Schools. Council on Anthropology and Education, a section of the American Anthropological Association. 2022. Best Student-Engaged Research Award, Founding Faculty Research Showcase. College of Education and Public Affairs, Cleveland State University 2021. Helen C. Bailey Alumni Award. Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania. 2019, 2020, 2023. Merit Recognition Award for Outstanding Achievement in Research and Teaching Cleveland State University. | ||
| Research Interests: | ||
| Intersections of development, education, and gender | sexuality studies; Adolescent identity development; Positive youth development; Adolescent resistance and resilience; Youth activism; Youth diasporic cultures; Girlhood studies; Social foundations of education; Education and social justice; Multicultural education; Women's, gender and sexuality studies; Feminist epistemologies and pedagogies; Emotions, feelings and affect; Latinx studies; Community based participatory research; Ethnographic and qualitative methods. | ||
| Teaching Areas: | ||
| Social Foundations of Education
Education and Social Justice Qualitative Research Methods Adolescent Development Gender and Sexuality Studies | ||
| Professional Affiliations: | ||
| American Educational Research Association (AERA)
Association of Women in Psychology (AWP) National Association of Multicultural Educators (NAME) National Women's Studies Association (NWSA) | ||
| Professional Experience: | ||
| Colby College, Waterville, ME
Faculty Fellow in the Education Program August 2016 - August 2017 | ||
| Research Grants: | ||
| Clonan-Roy, K. (PI), Naser, S., (Co-PI), Fuller, K. (Co-PI), & Goncy, E. (Co-PI). (2022). The Possibility of Participatory Action Research to Create Inclusive and Affirming School Based Sex Education for Sexual and Gender Diverse Youth. Small Research Grant. Spencer Foundation.
Jacobs, C., & Clonan-Roy, K. (Co-PI). (2021). Understanding the Experiences of BIPOC Youth in Girls¿ Schools Through a Critical Race Feminist Model of Positive Youth Development. Mini-Grant. American Educational Research Association (AERA), Division G ¿ Social Context of Education. Jacobs, C., & Clonan-Roy, K. (2019). Examining the Experiences of Girls of Color in Independent Schools. Research Partnership Award. National Coalition of Girls' Schools. Jacobs, C., & Clonan-Roy, K. (2019). Examining the Experiences of Girls of Color in Independent Schools. Trustees' Council of Penn Women, Faculty Research Fellowship. University of Pennsylvania. Naser, S., Fuller, K., Goncy, E., & Clonan-Roy, K. (2019). Sexual Health Information Access for Gender Minority Youth. Undergraduate Summer Research Award. Cleveland State University. Fuller, K., Clonan-Roy, K., Naser, S., & Goncy, E. (2018). Sexual Health Information Access for Sexual Minority Adolescents. Multi-College Interdisciplinary Research Program. Cleveland State University. Fuller, K., & Clonan-Roy, K. (2018). Sexual Health Information Access for Sexual Minority Individuals. Undergraduate Summer Research Award. Cleveland State University. Clonan-Roy, K. (2018). High Impact Practices Project. Cleveland State University. | ||