As part of JFF’s Connected by 25 team, Dr.
Murphy’s work addresses the need for structural systemic change to
increase postsecondary access and success for low-income youth. For
JFF’s work in the Boston High School Renewal—Small Schools Initiative,
she focuses on building partnerships between Boston’s public schools and higher education institutions in order to increase postsecondary degree attainment or skilled level credentialing for high school students.
Dr. Murphy works beyond Boston on initiatives focusing on disconnected youth: young people who are struggling to remain connected or to re-connect to educational opportunities. These initiatives support communities and districts engaged in systemic reform to improve educational outcomes and opportunities for young people to ensure they are connected to quality educational opportunities and/or skilled employment by age 25. Dr. Murphy has a particular interest in developing strategies for addressing race and class inequity in educational opportunity and outcomes for young people and adults.
Dr. Murphy holds a J.D. from the University of Texas at Austin and a Ph.D. in higher education policy from the University of Michigan. She has conducted research on issues of race and equity in college access, minority student resilience and persistence, and the role of higher education in advancing the public good. Her dissertation, The Evidence of Things Not Seen: The Biography of the College Choice Process for Inner-City Young Women from Metropolis, examines the path from an alternative high school to college of young, Black women in an urban community.
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