Abbreviated curriculum vitae
Office 217 | South Kedzie Hall
368 Farm Lane, East Lansing, MI 48823
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Appointments
Visting Scholar/Pre-Doctoral Fellow, Center for Urban Research and Education (CURE), Rutgers University- Camden Campus,
April 2024 – April 2025.​​​
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Education
Doctor of Philosophy, School of Social Science, Michigan State University, 2021 – 2026.
Master of Political Science, School of Social Science, Michigan State University, 2023.
Bachelor of Arts, School of Public & Nonprofit Admin, Grand Valley State University, 2021.
Credentials & Certifications
Education Policy Specialization, College of Education, Michigan State University, 2022.
Pupil Accounting Specialist, Michigan School Business Officials (MSBO), In-Progress.​
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Publications
Working Papers
Gordon, Antonia. (2025). State Intervention and Racialized Policy Aversion in Michigan's Black School Districts. (EdWorkingPaper: 25 -1129). Retrieved from Annenberg Institute at Brown University: https://doi.org/10.26300/qvn3-1108
Manuscripts Under Review
Gordon, Antonia C. (2024). State Intervention and Racialized Policy Aversion in Black School Districts. Urban Affairs Review.
Works In Progress
Gordon, Antonia C. (2024). Third-Party Contractors and Stakeholder Trust in Public Schools.
Gordon, Antonia C. (2024). The Social Construction of Urban Schools and Accountability Policy Design.
Mcilwain, Aliyah, Reckhow, Sarah, Gordon, Antonia C. (2024). School Choice and Parent Participation in School District Politics.
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Professional Presentations
Invited Talks
Gordon, Antonia C. (2025, March 7). Choosing the Ideal Graduate Program, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan, United States.
Gordon, Antonia C. (2024, November 22). The Political Economy of Education, Canisius College, Buffalo, New York, United States.
Gordon, Antonia C. (2024, June 28). Choosing the Right Offer, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan, United States.
Professional Conferences
Gordon, Antonia C. (2025, June 15). The Urban School Ecosystem. The Paris Conference on Education – Sorbonne University International Conference Center, Paris, France.
Gordon, Antonia C. (2024, November 22). Job Market Documents in the American Professoriate. Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management – National Harbor, Maryland, United States.
Gordon, Antonia C. (2024, November 9). The Social Construction of Urban Schools and Punitive Accountability Policies. International Conference on Urban Education. Cancun, Mexico.
Gordon, Antonia C., Reckhow, Sarah, Mcilwain, Aliyah (2024, April 26). School Choice and Parent Participation in School District Politics. Urban Affairs Association Conference – New York, New York, United States.
Gordon, Antonia C. (2024, March 26). State Intervention and Policy Aversion in Urban School Districts. Western Political Science Association – Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Gordon, Antonia C. (2023, October 20). State Intervention and Policy Aversion in Urban School Districts. Michigan Political Science Association – Flint, Michigan, United States.
Gordon, Antonia C. (2023, September 1). State Intervention and Policy Aversion in Urban School Districts. American Political Science Association Annual Meeting & Exhibition – Los Angeles, California, United States.
Gordon, Antonia C. (2023, April 26). Emergency Management and School Accountability Aversion. Urban Affairs Association Conference – Nashville, Tennessee, United States.
Gordon, Antonia C. (2023, March 31). Re-examining Michigan’s Partnership Model: The Case of Muskegon PSOC-CREW Joint Conference: Institute for Social Research at University of Michigan – Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States.
Gordon, Antonia C. (2023, March 9). Re-examining Michigan’s Partnership Model: The Case of Muskegon Heights Public School. American Political Science Association: Education Politics & Policy Conference – Virtual, United States.
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Grants & Fellowships
University Enrichment Fellowship: $32,000 in year 1 and 5
Michigan State University | College of Social Science (2021-2026)
This 5-year support package is the university’s most prestigious graduate fellowship. Only 20 University Enrichment Fellowships are awarded for an incoming class of approximately 500 doctoral students. This fellowship recognizes the most outstanding graduate applicants from across the entire university, selected for both their past achievements and their future promise.
Michigan State Interdisciplinary Training in Education and Social Sciences (MITTENSS) Fellowship: $34,000 each yr. Institute of Education Sciences at the US Department of Education
Michigan State University | College of Education (2022-2025)
This program provides training to conduct research reflecting the intersection of the social sciences with education policy evaluation and implementation to complement Ph.D. training.
Rutgers Equity Alliance for Community Health: $41,480
Rutgers University -Camden | Center for Urban Research and Education (CURE)
This grant supports CURE’s partnership with One Camden – a nonprofit organization that manages universal enrollment for the Camden Community School District (CCSD) – where practitioners and scholars assess the effectiveness and equity of Camden’s school choice process.
Graduate Pathways of Intellectual Leadership (GPIL) Fellow: $3,000
Michigan State University | College of Arts & Letters (2022-2023)
This funding supports participation in the development of a graduate student recruitment program that enacts an ethic of care for graduate students’ ideas and a demonstrated actionable respect for who they are as whole persons, welcoming them into an academic environment that values intentionality, authenticity, and trust.
The Graduate School Early Start Program: $6,000 in year one, $3,000 in year two, and $2,500 in year three
Michigan State University | College of Social Science (2021-2022).
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Teaching and Research Experience
Research Assistant III, Dr. Sarah Reckhow: School Choice and Parent Participation in School District Politics, Summer 2021 to Present.
Research Assistant III, TRUST Lab: Third-Party Contractors and Education Stakeholder Trust, Summer 2025.
Assistant Instructor-Fixed Term, PLS ISS 305: Evaluating Evidence: Becoming a Smart Research Consumer, Summer 2022.
Assistant Instructor-Fixed Term, PLS ISS 305: Evaluating Evidence: Becoming a Smart Research Consumer, Summer 2023.
Teaching Assistant, Michigan State University Summer Research Opportunities Program Short Course: Public Policy, Summer 2023.
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Institutional, Public & Nonprofit Experience
Women of Color Incentives (WOCI), Grad Assistant, Jan. 2023- Jun. 2024​
United States Army Reserve, 42A/Human Resources Specialist, Jun. 2012- Jun.2024​
U.S. Government Accountability Office, Education, Workforce, and Income Security Policy Analyst, Aug. 2020- Aug. 2021​
U.S. Government Accountability Office, Human Capital Office - Student Trainee, Summer. 2020​
Additional Training
Racial Equity and Justice in Education Policy, The Just Education Policy Institute, 2023.
Qualitative Research Summer Intensive, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2023.
The Institute for Qualitative and Multi-Method Research, Syracuse University, 2022.
Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research, University of Michigan, 2021.