Emily Hodge

Emily M. Hodge (Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University) is an Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership at Virginia Commonwealth University. Dr. Hodge’s research aims to understand many facets of curriculum policy and politics, as well as how organizations, including K–12 schools, can support multiracial democracies. Recent projects have explored how educational leaders can navigate potentially contentious issues with their school communities; the role of media and social media in the education policy process; and how educational systems, schools, and teachers negotiate tensions between standardization and differentiation. Hodge’s research appears in the American Educational Research Journal, Educational Evaluation & Policy Analysis, Educational Policy, the Review of Research in Education, and Teachers College Record, among other outlets. Hodge has taught a variety of graduate courses on education policy and instructional leadership. 

Email Emily Hodge at: hodgeem@vcu.edu