Rachael Mcleod
- Doctoral Student
- Research Areas: Social and racial justice, Public administration, Higher education, Equity interventions
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Bio
Rachael McLeod is a fifth-year doctoral student. Originally a native of Kansas City, she is currently the Administrative Director of Resource Development at Southeast Community College. In this position, she has seen how public policy affects federal grant funding in higher education as it relates to filling employer needs and narrowing skills and wage gaps in career/technical fields. She has worked as a reporter for the Lincoln Journal Star and the Des Moines Register specializing in covering stories about academic research, science, and the environment. She also was a technical editor at the U.S. Geological Survey Nebraska Water Science Center for nine years.
Rachael’s master’s thesis explored the environmental history of the Nebraska Ordnance Plant near Mead, Nebraska, where pollution from the plant’s activities during WWII ultimately led it to being declared a Superfund Site by the EPA, requiring extensive soil and water remediation efforts. Her experiences as a practitioner in the public sector sparked an interest in the formulation and evaluation of public programs to determine their effectiveness and efficiency, and to improve accountability
Education
M.A. in Journalism (News-Editorial), University of Nebraska–Lincoln
B.A. in Political Science, University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Honors and Awards
Additional Information
Bio
Rachael McLeod is a fifth-year doctoral student. Originally a native of Kansas City, she is currently the Administrative Director of Resource Development at Southeast Community College. In this position, she has seen how public policy affects federal grant funding in higher education as it relates to filling employer needs and narrowing skills and wage gaps in career/technical fields. She has worked as a reporter for the Lincoln Journal Star and the Des Moines Register specializing in covering stories about academic research, science, and the environment. She also was a technical editor at the U.S. Geological Survey Nebraska Water Science Center for nine years.
Rachael’s master’s thesis explored the environmental history of the Nebraska Ordnance Plant near Mead, Nebraska, where pollution from the plant’s activities during WWII ultimately led it to being declared a Superfund Site by the EPA, requiring extensive soil and water remediation efforts. Her experiences as a practitioner in the public sector sparked an interest in the formulation and evaluation of public programs to determine their effectiveness and efficiency, and to improve accountability
Education
M.A. in Journalism (News-Editorial), University of Nebraska–Lincoln
B.A. in Political Science, University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Honors and Awards