Kate Kennedy

Kate Kennedy is an assistant professor in the School of Education at the University of Cincinnati. She is also an associate policy researcher at the RAND Corporation. She was previously a doctoral researcher with the Rossier School of Education and worked on education policy initiatives as a research associate in the Center on Education Policy, Equity, and Governance (CPEG) at the University of Southern California. She served as director of professional learning at Battelle for Kids. She was also a teacher for five years in Worthington City Schools in Ohio. She earned her MA in educational leadership from Teachers College at Columbia University and a PhD in urban education policy from the University of Southern California.

updated 2025