Mollie McQuillan

Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis

Biography

Mollie McQuillan is an assistant professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Their research examines the intersection of educational policy, leadership, school climates, and health of LGBTQ+ and other gender-expansive people in PK-12 schools. Dr. McQuillan has a PhD in Human Development and Social Policy from Northwestern University, and was awarded the American Educational Research Association’s Division A (Administration, Organization, and Leadership) Emerging Scholar Award and the Outstanding Educational Policy Report Award (short) from Division L: (Educational Politics and Policy).

Research areas

Gender & Sexuality Educational Policy Organizational Practices and Leadership Program Evaluation Social Determinants of Health Recent Publications

McQuillan, M., & Mayo, C. (2023). School Leaders and Transphobia: Interrupting Direct, Facilitative, Accommodative, and Resistant Forms of Gender-Based Bullying. Educational Administration Quarterly, 0013161X231217747. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0013161X231217747

McQuillan, M. T., Lebovitz, B. A., & Harbin, L. (2024). The Disruptive Power of Policy Erasure: How State Legislators and School Boards Fail to Take up Trans-affirming Policies While Leaning into Anti-LGBTQ+ Policies. Educational Policy, 08959048231218206. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/08959048231218206