Mariah Kornbluh is a William T. Grant Scholar examining how the political context structures the use of evidence within civics education. Kornbluh has mentored 11 graduate students, including one doctoral student through dissertation completion and nine successful master’s defenses. Kornbluh will use the award to pursue culturally responsive and equity centered formal mentorship training, foster peer learning communities to reflect on mentoring practices, and cultivate networks that connect mentees to policy-relevant research within Oregon. Kornbluh’s mentee, Raquel Amador, is a doctoral student at the University of Oregon. Amador’s goals include developing a cohesive research program that explores how youth-led research can improve evidence use among policy makers, strengthening her training in qualitative analysis and program evaluation, and building a network of Latinx scholars. Amador will support Kornbluh’s research examining whether youth advisory councils influence policy change and guide program improvements in Oregon. With Kornbluh’s support Amador will use content analysis to examine youth advisory council meeting minutes and conduct semi-structured interviews with policymakers who use youth-generated research. Amador will lead manuscript development to build a publication pipeline and meet key doctoral program milestones.
Kornbluh will use the award to pursue culturally responsive and equity centered formal mentorship training, foster peer learning communities to reflect on mentoring practices, and cultivate networks that connect mentees to policy-relevant research within Oregon.
