Shane Turnage

Shane Turnage is a doctoral student studying K-12 Educational Administration at Michigan State University (MSU). His research interests center around the ways in which educational leaders can support civic education programs in their schools. His work aims at ensuring all students have access to a high-quality civic education which prepares them for their future roles as citizens and members of their communities. As a graduate assistant at the Education Policy Innovation Collaborative, he works on Teach for America’s TeachMichigan program evaluation team, which focuses on the retention and development of high-impact educators working in under-resourced schools across Michigan. Prior to coming to MSU, Shane was a secondary social studies teacher at schools in Thailand, Egypt, Colombia, and the United States. He earned a bachelor’s and master’s degree in political science from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale and a master’s degree in educational administration from the University of Kansas.