Kara S. Finnigan
Social Sciences · University of Michigan
Publications
85
Citations
2,447
Est. group size
—
Recurring co-author estimate
Active years
30
Publishing since 1997
Typically publishes in teams of ~2 · 76% small-team papers (≤3 authors) · across 11 venues
- Social Network Analysis for Educational Leadership and Policy: A Complex Systems Approach to Educational Change
Springer international handbooks of education · 2026
- Learning Across Boundaries:
2025
- Re-orienting education toward ‘flourishing’ through education policy
Theory and Research in Education · 2024
- Critical Networks in Critical Times
2023
- Re-centering civil rights in the reauthorization of ESEA: An equitable, ecological, evidence-based framework
Education Policy Analysis Archives · 2023
- The Churning of Organizational Learning: A Case Study of District and School Leaders Using Social Network Analysis
Journal of School Leadership · 2022
- The Political and Social Contexts of Research Evidence Use in Partnerships
Educational Policy · 2022
- Broken Bridges: The Role of Brokers in Connecting Educational Leaders Around Research Evidence
2021
- Education Interview of the Month: Christopher Saldaña Interviews Jennifer Jellison Holme and Kara Finnigan About Educational and Urban Politics and Policymaking
2020
- Social Network Analysis Methods in Educational Policy Research
2018
- The Political Geography of Inter-District Integration
Peabody Journal of Education · 2018
- Striving in Common: A Regional Equity Framework for Urban Schools
2018
- Using Data to Guide Difficult Conversations around Structural Racism.
2018
- The Trust Gap: Understanding the Effects of Leadership Churn in School Districts.
The American Educator · 2017
- Urban Educational Change: Building Trust and Alignment among Fragmented Coalitions of Color.
Journal of Urban Learning Teaching and Research · 2017
- Journal of School Leadership×1
- Educational Policy×1
- Teachers College Record The Voice of Scholarship in Education×1
- Peabody Journal of Education×1
- The American Educator×1
- Scott R. Sweetland
Social Sciences · The Ohio State University
- Stéphane Lavertu
Social Sciences · The Ohio State University
- Heather L. Schwartz
Social Sciences · Indiana University
- Sarah Theule Lubienski
Social Sciences · Indiana University
- Brian Jacob
Social Sciences · University of Michigan
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