Scholar, educator, and speaker focused on interactions amongst rurality, social class, queerness, and higher education
Consulting and Trainings
Ty has presented and facilitated workshops, panels, and trainings on rurality, social class, and higher education, with a particular emphasis on educational access and equity for rural populations. He has also conducted assessment and evaluation projects for universities. Ty is happy to speak or consult with your group or organization!
Previous Consulting and Trainings
Invited Facilitator
Lenfest Foundation
Facilitate sessions for incoming and current Rural Scholars about finding success in higher education
Consultant
American Council on Education
Wrote paper on the current research, practice, and policy for rural-located postsecondary institutions
and rural-serving postsecondary institutions
Invited Professional
Development Consultant
Sources of
Strength
Trained Sources of Strength staff via day-long professional development session focused on working with
and connecting to rural students and communities
Invited Facilitator
University of Georgia Rural Students' Success & Wellbeing unConference
Fostered discussion with participants about research and programming on rural students’ success and wellbeing in higher education
Deputy Chief of Data Management
ENDOW: ENGAGE
Wyoming Youth Summit
Collaborated with Wyoming Governor’s office to plan conference for youth and young professionals to voice opinions on how Wyoming can move forward economically and culturally. Worked with Summit’s Data Management Team to collect and analyze quantitative and qualitative data from the conference to create a findings and recommendations report for the Wyoming Governor, as he made decisions about Wyoming’s economy
Assessment Consultant
UConn Center for
Career Development
Utilizing the National Association for Colleges and Employers (NACE) Professional Standards as benchmarks, conducted assessment of CCD’s practices by conducting interviews and focus groups with staff, students, and employers, then writing a detailed findings report
Research Associate
Tel Aviv University
Philanthropy Report
Provided research support as a Research Associate by engaging in quantitative data analysis and reporting, including creating hundreds of frequency tables, running and analyzing dozens of chi-squared tests, creating graphs from results, and writing up findings, in order to examine the giving of time and finances based upon respondents’ attitudes, behaviors, and social identities
Assessment Team Member
University of Glasgow
Social Media Practices
Completed a team assessment project by creating a student survey, facilitating focus groups and interviews, writing a large-scale report with information and graphics, and presenting findings to staff, in order to determine how the University of Glasgow can best utilize social media to recruit and engage students on campus