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Critical and Feminist Critical Policy Analysis, Forced Displacement, Gender-based Violence (GBV), Neoliberal Educational Reform, Politics of Education, Qualitative Methodology, Youth Rights
United States

Biography

My research focuses on the politics of education and how social policies address structural violence to center the health, well-being, and human rights of women and girls. Reliant upon interdisciplinarity and critical qualitative methodology, this includes investigating policy actor knowledge and decision-making processes. In an era of ongoing neoliberal and settler colonial reform, this also involves examining how culture, ideology, and rhetoric factor into said processes.

My work largely has examined the causes, effects, and public system responses to gender-based violence and the largescale internal and cross-border displacement of women and youth. Current projects include development of intersectional feminist policy analysis tools and critique of social policies that delimit, dislocate, and engender structural trauma and disposability - with ongoing research questions concerning (un)intended policy consequences, for whom do policies work, and to what ends for collective futurity. This research can be found in outlets such as Children's Geographies, Educational Policy, Gender and Education, Journal of Education Policy, and The Urban Review.

Collectively, my research, teaching, and service are informed by a first career in U.S. public secondary education and work in sexual assault prevention and advocacy - which inspires the centering of context, as well as transparent, reciprocal, and co-constructed partnerships - to improve the social determinants of health and well-being for students, families, and communities. Select practitioner career achievements include a J. William Fulbright Fellowship to South Korea, James Madison Memorial Fellowship, National Endowment for the Humanities Outstanding Teaching Award, and National Board Certification (Secondary Social Studies).

Current Affiliations:
• American Educational Research Association
• Buffalo Commons (PPG and Cornell University)
• Childhood, Law, Policy Network, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom Arts and Humanities Research Council
• UB Alberti Center for Bullying Abuse Prevention
• UB Community for Excellence, Global Health Equity
• UB Department, Global Gender and Sexuality Studies
• UB Gender Institute, Executive Committee
• UB Faculty Senate and Executive Committee
• United University Professions

For copies of any of the listed articles, please email me at malemke@buffalo.edu.

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University at Buffalo - North Campus: Amherst, NY, US

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Works (18)

Co-Constructing Knowledge and Space with Refugee Communities: Lessons from the Western New York Refugee Health Summit

Social Sciences
2024-07-25 | Journal article
Contributors: Alexandra Judelsohn; Melinda Lemke; Ngo Hna; Samina Raja; Jessica Scates; Kafuli Agbemenu
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Critical and Feminist Cartographies of Observation

2023-06-01 | Book chapter
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A Feminist Critical Heuristic for Educational Policy Analysis: U.S. Social Emotional Learning Policy

Journal of Education Policy
2022-10-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Melinda Lemke, Ph.D.; Melinda Lemke; Kate Rogers
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Seen Yet Unseen: A Case of Human Trafficking at Harris High School

Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership
2022-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Melinda Lemke, Ph.D.; Erin Bascug; Ahlea Howard
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The Glass Escalator in School Counselling: Gender and Leadership Aspirations

Gender and Education
2022-06-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Megan Holland Iantosca; Melinda Lemke, Ph.D.
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Confronting Forms of Sexual Violence in Schools: De-Constructing Policy Paradoxes

The Palgrave Handbook of Educational Leadership and Management Discourse
2021 | Book chapter
Contributors: Melinda Lemke, Ph.D.; Kate Rogers
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Global Displacement and Local Contexts: A Case Study of U.S. Urban Educational Policy and Practice

International Journal of Leadership in Education
2021-02-15 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1360-3124
Part of ISSN: 1464-5092
Contributors: Melinda Lemke, Ph.D.; Amanda Nickerson; Jennifer Saboda
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(Un)doing Spatially Fixed Inequality: Critical Reflections on Urban School District-Community Partnerships

The Urban Review
2020-11-26 | Journal article
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Children Displaced Across Borders: Charting New Directions for Research from Interdisciplinary Perspectives

Children's Geographies
2020-09-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Sergei Shubin; Melinda Lemke, Ph.D.
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Educating Refugee and Hurricane Displaced Youth in Troubled Times: Countering the Politics of Fear through Culturally Responsive and Trauma-Informed Schooling

Children's Geographies
2020-09-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Melinda Lemke, Ph.D.; Amanda Nickerson
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When Sexting Crosses the Line: Educator Responsibilities in the Support of Prosocial Adolescent Behavior and the Prevention of Violence

Social Sciences
2020-08-26 | Journal article
Contributors: Melinda Lemke, Ph.D.; Kate Rogers
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Educators as the “Frontline” of Human-Trafficking Prevention: An Analysis of State-Level Educational Policy

Leadership and Policy in Schools
2019-07-03 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1570-0763
Part of ISSN: 1744-5043
Contributors: Melinda Lemke, Ph.D.
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The Politics of “Giving Student Victims a Voice”: A Feminist Analysis of State Trafficking Policy Implementation

American Journal of Sexuality Education
2019-01-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Melinda Lemke, Ph.D.
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An Introduction to the Special Issue: The Politics of Educational (Un)deservedness and (In)visibility: Examining Economic Justice Issues in Education.

The Texas Education Review
2018 | Journal article
Contributors: Melinda Lemke, Ph.D.
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Gender, Markets, and Inequality: A Framework Examining how Market-based Reforms Impact Female Leaders

Educational Policy
2018-09 | Journal article
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Part of ISSN: 1552-3896
Contributors: Huriya Jabbar; Wei-Ling Sun; Melinda Lemke, Ph.D.; Emily Germain
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Successful Futures? New Economy Business Logics, Child Rights, and Welsh Educational Reform

Policy Futures in Education
2018-04-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Melinda Lemke, Ph.D.; Lei Zhu
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Development and Validation of an Instrument to Assess Social Work Students’ Perceptions, Knowledge, and Attitudes About Human Trafficking Questionnaire (PKA-HTQ)

Research on Social Work Practice
2017-09 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1049-7315
Part of ISSN: 1552-7581
Contributors: Maura Busch Nsonwu; Chiquitia Welch-Brewer; Laurie Cook Heffron; Melinda Lemke, Ph.D.; Noel Busch-Armendariz; Caitlin Sulley; Sharon Warren Cook; Mary Lewis; Elizabeth Watson; Wayne Moore et al.
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Trafficking and Immigration Policy: Intersections, Inconsistencies, and Implications for Public Education

Educational Policy
2017-09 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0895-9048
Part of ISSN: 1552-3896
Contributors: Melinda Lemke, Ph.D.
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