Expertise

Areas:

  • Public Management
  • Governance & Public Law
  • Local Governance

Areas of Interest:

  • Public Administration
  • K-12 and Higher Education Policy
  • Race, Equity, and Representation

Professor Rutherford’s central research interests include political control and performance accountability, bureaucratic careers and executive decision-making, and issues of race, equity, and representation in the bureaucracy. Much of her research is conducted in the context of K-12 and higher education.

Communities
Environmental Policy, Public Administration
Degrees
PhD, Texas A&M University, Political Science, 2015
MPA, University of Oklahoma, Education Policy, 2011
BBA, University of Oklahoma, Marketing and Supply Chain Management, 2009
BA, University of Oklahoma, Journalism, 2009
Keywords
racial justice