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Explore below to discover my interdisciplinary background, theoretical interests, and research approaches and projects. You can also learn more about my education, see arts-based research projects, download published papers, and review my resume/CV and the wide range of work experiences I have across sectors.
I can help with qualitative and arts-based research projects!
Image: Me presenting a paper at the American Society of Engineering Education 2024 conference. Paper PDF is below!
I am an interdisciplinary, qualitative, and arts-based researcher who uses culturally responsive methodologies and new materialist theory. My area of expertise is higher education and the culture of engineering education and the experiences of underrepresented students. IMAGE: oil painting exploring water in the west.
Creative Materialism is the name of the unique conceptual research framework that I theorized for my PhD dissertation study with underrepresented engineering students at the Colorado School of Mines, an engineering school. Creative materialism combines three elements-- new materialist theory, arts-based research methods, and culturally responsive methodologies.
Creative materialism is a "kinesthetic-onto-epistemological" framework that is participatory, shares power between the participants and researchers, and is emergent and intra-active (Barad, 2007). It is a subjective methodology that adds depth and nuance to any study in which individual voices and experiences are to be elevated and shared. It is ideal for uncovering what is hidden and invisible.
Please review my publication PDFs below for more details on creative materialism.
Want more information about creative materialism, arts-based research methods, culturally responsive methodologies, or new materialist theory? Please reach out to me as I love to discuss my work!
I create unique custom research designs that uncover differences and provide depth of understanding in ways that traditional quantitative and qualitative approaches cannot. I have experience with traditional qualitative & quantitative methods as well, but I use all the tools in the research tool box, not just one.
I LOVE theory! I use a variety of theories (critical, new materialist & post-human, organizational, historical, student development, etc.) to generate unique conceptual methodologies for research that are creative, culturally responsive, neurodivergent, and inclusive to shift our perspectives, disrupt assumptions, and build empathy to make long lasting change.
Arts-based research (ABR) methods, also called Creative Inquiry, use creativity as a way of coming to know (epistemology). I use drawing, oil painting, photography, and poetic writing in my own arts-based research. The images on my website are my own photographs & original artwork.
"Better Babies Through Science" Paper collage of historical images from United States media 1880-1930. Arts-based research project for doctoral coursework that explored how gender and technology intersected in early modern media.
"Flood & Fire in the West" Ethics Across the Curriculum conference 2021 Oil on Canvas
June 2023
Doctorate in Higher Education
Morgridge College of Education
2016
Master's in International Political Economy of Resource Development.
2007
Master's in Liberal & Interdisciplinary Studies
Katherine Robert CV August 2024 (pdf)
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