Greater Solutions LLC

​Rhodesia McMillian is an Assistant Professor of Educational Policy in the College of Education and Human Ecology at The Ohio State University.

 

A native of Savannah, Ga., Dr. McMillian holds a doctorate in educational leadership and policy analysis— with an emphasis on K–12 education policy from The University of Missouri-Columbia, an educational specialist and master’s of education in school psychology from Georgia Southern University, and a bachelor’s of science in speech-language pathology from Armstrong Atlantic State University (now Georgia Southern University-Armstrong Campus). Dr. McMillian has provided culturally-responsive school psychological services in Georgia, Missouri, and Ohio for over a decade.

​

Utilizing critical methodologies and theories, she is an interdisciplinary scholar whose research bridges K-12 education reform law, education policy, elementary and secondary educational governance, special education law, and sociology. Dr. McMillian’s primary scholarship and journal publications examine how federal, state, and local education policies impact the educational experiences of African American students and students with disabilities and how educational disparities persist in K-12 public education.

 

Dr. McMillian has worked as a reading instructor, autism teacher, violence intervention specialist, interim public information officer, school psychologist, and a pre-service teacher educator. She has served as a national policy associate for the University Council for Education Administration and consults as an education policy advisor for state legislators. She has had experience organizing the National Youth-At-Risk- Conference, advocating with the Public Policy Institute, and directing the Missouri Legislative Black Caucus Foundation’s Emerging Leaders Youth Conference. Dr. McMillian is a 2005 initiate of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated, Tau Alpha Chapter.

​

​

Access Dr. McMillian's most recent scholarly publication HERE​ | ​Check out Dr. McMillian's TEDx on Dignity in Public Education