The Oxford Encyclopedia of Philosophy of Education Hardcover - 2022

Kathy Hytten is a Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Cultural Foundations at the University of North Carolina Greensboro (UNCG) and Program Director for the Doctorate in Education (EdD) program. After receiving her PhD in Social Foundations of Education, specializing in Educational Philosophy, from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Kathy spent 17 years as a professor at Southern Illinois University Carbondale before moving to UNCG in 2013. Kathy teaches graduate courses in democracy and education, qualitative research, philosophy of education, sociology of education, cultural diversity, ethics and social justice, race, equity, and educational leadership. In her research, Kathy aims to make theoretically abstract ideas useful, accessible, and meaningful to prospective and practicing educators and administrators. Towards that end, she has published essays on diversity, ethics, hope, cultural studies, whiteness theory, globalization and education for social justice and democracy. Her work has appeared in a variety of books and journals, including Democracy and Education, Educational Theory, Education and Culture, Educational Studies, Equity and Excellence in Education, Educational Foundations, International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, Philosophy of Education, Journal of Philosophy of Education, and the Journal of Curriculum Studies. Kathy is a Past-President of the Philosophy of Education Society (2019) and the American Educational Studies Association (2009)