Katherine Lebioda (she/her) is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Leadership & Counseling at Eastern Michigan University, where her research focuses on the nexus between structures and individuals, marginalized people’s strategies of survivance, and how we can enact more humanizing education systems. She is drawn to collaborative, community-based, and creative endeavors, and her most recent major study was a participatory action research project where racially minoritized students created digital stories about their experiences with diversity, equity, and inclusion on campus. She previously worked as a research and policy analyst for the American Association of State Colleges and Universities and also has experience working in both graduate and undergraduate admissions at The George Washington University and the University of Michigan, respectively.