Assistant Professor of Education
Dr. Simpfenderfer is a critical, quantitative scholar focused on interrogating how educational systems function to reinforce and exacerbate inequality. Drawing on her experience in student and academic affairs within higher education, she examines access, success, and pathways out of higher education from an equity-based, identity affirming perspective. Her research interest center on three main areas: 1) the relationship between higher education and post-graduate outcomes; 2) interrogating organizational structures within higher education that create barriers to student success; 3) utilizing quantitative methods to advance equity and justice.
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About Amanda Simpfenderfer
Dr. Simpfenderfer is a critical, quantitative scholar focused on interrogating how educational systems function to reinforce and exacerbate inequality. Drawing on her experience in student and academic affairs within higher education, she examines access, success, and pathways out of higher education from an equity-based, identity affirming perspective. Her research interest center on three main areas: 1) the relationship between higher education and post-graduate outcomes; 2) interrogating organizational structures within higher education that create barriers to student success; 3) utilizing quantitative methods to advance equity and justice.
