Megan Thiele Strong
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Thiele Strong (she/they) holds a doctorate and has 20 years of experience teaching a breadth of courses, including environmental sociology, quantitative methods, sociology of higher education and poverty, wealth and privilege. She researches at the intersections of social and environmental justice, mental health and education. They know we are meant to queer the status quo in order to be diverse, equitable, sustainable, creative and inclusive. Thiele Strong is a Public Voices Fellow at TheOpEdProject.
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Addresses the gap between research that shows that teachers’ salaries influence educational and non-educational outcomes and the lack of studies that explore whether teacher compensation patterns correlate with student mental health outcomes. Asks whether, at the state level, the average K-12 teacher salary predicts teen suicide risk.
Explores the relationship between undergraduate students' class-based cultural capital and their facility in developing relationships with faculty. Reveals that lower- and middle-class students tended to inadvertently opt out of this key relational opportunity.