Richard Steele Lee Blissett

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Blissett (September 2015) 1

Richard Steele Lee Blissett

PMB 414, 230 Appleton Place Nashville, TN 37203

(443) 538-2455

Education

Ph.D. Vanderbilt University, expected May 2017 Education Leadership and Policy Studies (Track: K-12 Leadership and Policy Studies) (Minor: Quantitative Methods)

B.S. University of Maryland, Baltimore County, May 2011 Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

(Track: Computational Biology) (Minor: Computer Science)

Research

Interests

Democratic institutions of education governance; Public opinion and public information; Social identities in education policy decision-making; Democratic behavior in education policy; Political foundations of education policymaking

Research

Experience

Research Assistant, Tennessee Consortium on Research, Evaluation, and Development (June 2013 – Present)

Research Fellow, UCEA Center for Superintendency and District Governance (July 2015 – August 2015)

Research Assistant, Wallace Grant, PI: Ellen Goldring (January 2014 – April 2015)

Research Assistant, PI: Jason Grissom (Fall 2012 – Present)

Non-Refereed

Publications

Goldring, E., Grissom, J., Neumerski, C., Murphy, J., Blissett, R., & Porter, A. (2015) Making time for instructional leadership. The Wallace Foundation (Research Report)

Blissett, R. (2013) The future of service-learning in Maryland schools. The Scholars Strategy Network. (Policy Brief)

Blissett, R. & Slogeris, B. (2012) Baltimore CARES service-learning curriculum. Baltimore, MD (Curriculum)

Academic

Conference

Presentations

Blissett, R. & Honey, N.* (November 2015) Turnout for that? Retrospective voting behavior in local school board elections. Paper to be presented as poster at the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Annual Meeting (APPAM), Miami, FL.

Goldring, E., Grissom, J., Neumerski, C., Murphy, J., Blissett, R., & Porter, A. (November 2015) Making time for instructional leadership. Paper to be presented at the University Council for Educational Administration Annual Meeting (UCEA), San Diego, CA.

Grissom, J., Blissett, R.*, Mitani, H. (November 2015) Supervisor ratings as measures of principal performance: Evidence from the TEAM evaluation system in Tennessee.Paper to be presented at the University Council for

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Blissett (September 2015) 2 Educational Administration Annual Meeting (UCEA), San Diego, CA.

Grissom, J., Mitani, H.*, Blissett, R. (April 2015) Principal licensure exams as barriers to entry and predictors of job performance: An analysis of the School Leaders Licensure Assessment. Paper to be presented at the University Council for Educational Administration Annual Meeting (UCEA), San Diego, CA.

Blissett, R.* (April 2015) Retrospective voting behavior in local school board elections. Paper presented as roundtable at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting (AERA), Chicago, IL.

Grissom, J., Mitani, H.*, Blissett, R. (April 2015) Principal licensure exams as barriers to entry and predictors of job performance: An analysis of the School Leaders Licensure Assessment. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting (AERA), Chicago, IL. Grissom, J., Blissett, R.*, Mitani, H. (February 2015) Supervisor ratings as

measures of principal performance: Evidence from the TEAM evaluation system in Tennessee.Paper presented at the Association for Education Finance and Policy Annual Meeting (AEFP), Washington, DC.

Grissom, J., Mitani, H.*, Blissett, R. (February 2015) Principal licensure exams as barriers to entry and predictors of job performance: An analysis of the School Leaders Licensure Assessment. Paper presented at the Association for Education Finance and Policy Annual Meeting (AEFP), Washington, DC. Blissett, R.* (November 2014) Teachers unions, collective bargaining, and

performance-based teacher dismissal. Paper presented at the University Council for Educational Administration Annual Meeting (UCEA).

Washington, DC.

Blissett, R.* (November 2014) Retrospective voting behavior in local school board elections. Paper presented as abstract at the University Council for Educational Administration Annual Meeting (UCEA). Washington, DC. Grissom, J., Blissett, R.* (April 2014) Getting along to get ahead? Examining

school board conflict and school performance. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting (AERA), Philadelphia, PA.

Blissett, R.* (March 2014) Teachers unions, collective bargaining, and teacher dismissal. Paper presented as poster at the Association for Education Finance and Policy Annual Meeting (AEFP), San Antonio, TX.

Blissett, R.* (March 2014) Parental education, home learning environments, and the use of national context in comparative analysis. Paper presented at the Association for Education Finance and Policy Annual Meeting (AEFP), San Antonio, TX.

Blissett, R.* (March 2013) Home learning environments and socioeconomic status: A comparative approach. Paper presented at the Comparative and International Education Society Annual Meeting (CIES), New Orleans, LA. * Note that presenters are indicated by an asterisk.

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Non-Academic

Conference

Presentations

Blissett, R., (October 2015) I, Too, Am Angry: Responding to sparks of dissatisfaction. Imagining America Annual Meeting (IA), Baltimore, MD. Berger, C., Blissett, R., Cook, J., Hoffman, D., Melluso, E., & Robier, K. (October

2015) Living democracy: Practices to awaken, integrate, and transform ourselves and our institutions. Imagining America Annual Meeting (IA), Baltimore, MD.

Arce-Trigatti, A., Blissett, R., Honey, N. (April 2014) The benefits of XTXS for education researchers and policy makers. American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting (AERA), Philadelphia, PA.

First Authored

Working Papers

Blissett, R., Honey, N. Turnout for what? Retrospective voting in local school board elections

Blissett, R., Alsbury, T. Disentangling the personal agenda: Identity and school board members’ perceptions of problems and solutions

Blissett, R., Tides of change: Temporality and political environments as features of social movement activity

Blissett, R. Teachers unions, collective bargaining, and teacher dismissal Blissett, R., Democratic education governance: Challenges with lay governing

boards in England and the United States

Teaching

Experience

Course development:

• Assistance with development of and student feedback for undergraduate Introduction to Data Science course, with Benjamin Skinner; Instructor: Will Doyle (August 2014 – December 2014)

Guest lectures:

• Lecture undergraduate English course, covering microaggressions and racism in context; Instructor: Marzia Milazzo (September 2015) • Lecture for undergraduate public policy course, covering federalism,

separation of powers, and subgovernments; Instructor: Jason Grissom (January 2014).

Educational workshops and materials:

• Making R graphs, for people who don’t want to learn R

• R and Stata side-by-side: Basic command and processes, with Benjamin

Skinner

• Quick introduction to R for Vanderbilt PhD students

• Introductory workshop on statistical programming for incoming PhD students, covering basic of programming logic, R, Stata, and LaTeX, with Benjamin Skinner

• Baltimore CARES service-learning curriculum, with Becky Slogeris

Honors and

Awards

Vanderbilt University:

• Cal Turner Program for Moral Leadership in the Profession (Fall 2015) • Provost’s Graduate Fellowship (Fall 2012 – Spring 2017)

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Blissett (September 2015) 4 • Outstanding Graduating Senior in Bioinformatics (Spring 2011)

• UMBC Premier Scholar Award (Fall 2007 – Spring 2011)

• Student Government “Keeper of the Flame” Award (Spring 2010) • Student Affairs Outstanding Student Leader Award (Spring 2010) • Best Emerging Leader of Service (Spring 2009)

• John H. And Alethea Griner Scholarship Award (Spring 2008) • Omicron Delta Kappa National Leadership Honor Society • The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi

• Golden Key International Honour Society Other honors and awards:

• University Council for Educational Administration Graduate Fellowship – Center for the Superintendancy and District Leadership (Summer 2015) • Governor’s Volunteer Service Award (Spring 2012)

• ABRCMS Outstanding Presentation Award (Fall 2008)

University

Service

Vanderbilt University:

• Crucial Conversations (student advocacy organization focused on addressing cultures concerning race at Peabody – Coordinator (October 2013 – Present)

• NCES/IES Secure Data Room – Student Administrator (April 2013 – Present)

• Peabody Graduate Student Association – PhD Program Representative (May 2014 – May 2015)

• Peabody Coalition of Black Graduates – Parliamentarian (May 2014 – May 2015)

• Graduate Student Council – Department Representative (September 2012 – September 2013)

Pre-Doctoral

Research

Presentations

Blissett, R.*, Kalfoglou, A. (April 2010) The Business of Marketing

Preimplantation Genetic Screening. Presented at Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement Day (UMBC), Baltimore, MD.

Blissett, R.*, Przytycka, T., Kann, M. (October 2009) Optimization of Species Selection for Genome-Wide Application of the Mirrortree Method. Presented as poster at the 12th Undergraduate Research Symposium in Chemical and Biological Sciences (NIH), Bethesda, MD.

Blissett, R.*, Kalfoglou, A. (October 2009) PGS: A Fishy Business. Presented at the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities Annual Meeting (ASBH), Washington, DC.

Blissett, R.*, Kann, M. (November 2008) Systematic Approach for the Discovery of New Molecular Signatures for Metastatic Prostate Cancer. Presented as poster at the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS), Orlando, FL.

Selected

Pre-Doctoral

Research

Experiences

Student Researcher, PI: Maricel Kann (Winter 2007 – Spring 2009) NIH/NCBI Student Intern, PI: Teresa Przytycka (Summer 2009)

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Selected

Pre-Doctoral

Professional

Experiences

Service-Learning and Student and Community Programs Coordinator (July 2011 – July 2012)

Baltimore Office of the Mayor/Benjamin Franklin High School at Masonville Cove, Baltimore, MD

Founder/Director (December 2008 – May 2011)

Major Inspiration (education service organization), Baltimore, MD Executive Vice President (May 2010 – May 2011)

UMBC Student Government Association, Baltimore, MD Governor’s Summer Intern, Maryland (June 2010 – August 2010)

Maryland State Department of Education, Baltimore, MD Office of Academic Affairs – Director (June 2010 – May 2010)

UMBC Student Government Association, Baltimore, MD English/Mathematics Instructor (June 2007 – December 2008)

Kumon North America, Ellicott City/Marriottsville, MD

Selected

Pre-Doctoral

University and

Community

Service

University of Maryland, Baltimore County:

• BIOL313: Introduction to Bioinformatics - Tutor • Bioethics Student Association – President

• Bioethics Student Association – Treasurer

Student Government Association: Office of Student Advocacy – Assistant Director for Research and Development