Abigail Beneke, Ph.D.

Abby Beneke, Ph.D., is a former first grade teacher and seeks to understand the shift from control to care in K-12 schools using ethnographic methods. She brings content expertise in school discipline reform, school improvement, and student and family voice. Dr. Beneke earned a Ph.D. in Educational Policy Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW) with minors in Qualitative Research Methods and Curriculum and Instruction. Prior to joining the faculty at Sacred Heart, Dr. Beneke held postdoctoral appointments in the School of Human Ecology at UW and in the Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations at Vanderbilt University where she collaborated with NashvillePeer, a research-practice partnership between Metro Nashville Public Schools and Vanderbilt.