Tuff Tuff

Educational Leadership & Policy

M.Ed. in Educational Policy and Planning, University of Texas at Austin, 2023
B.A. in Crimiology and Criminal Justice, Lindenwood University, 2020
A.A. in Liberal Arts, Kennedy King College, 2018

Email: alishatuff@ymail.com
 
Tuff is an Education Policy and Planning (EPP) doctoral student who is a Chicago native. She is the proud recipient of the Texas New Scholar scholarship, fueling her passion for a more equitable landscape. Prior to starting her Ph.D., she was a masters student in the EPP program and an Education Policy fellow at the Intercultural Development Research Association (IDRA) focusing on dismantling the school-to- prison pipeline (when school policies or practices stray students on a pathway that leads to them being incarcerated) and school safety for the 88th Texas legislative session. Tuff's research interests include students’ experiences, students with disabilities, family-community-school engagement, school discipline, and culturally relevant and responsive pedagogy.