Tylir McKenzie

GWSS Alumni '19 - Faculty, Psychology, Highline College

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Fields of Interest

Critical Pedagogy Education Feminist Pedagogy Gender Identity and self disclosure Intersectional Educational Approaches Online Learning Online pedagogy Popular Culture Psychology Scholarship of teaching and learning Sexuality Writing Pedagogy

Biography

Ph.D., Feminist Studies, University of Washington, 2019

M.A., Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, University of Washington Tacoma, 2011

B.A., Interdisciplinary Studies, Central Washington University, 2009

Curriculum Vitae (200.83 KB)

Tylir McKenzie is currently a tenure-track professor teaching psychology at Highline College. In addition to teaching, Tylir has been keeping busy as the co-chair of the LGBTQIA task force, Q Center Faculty Advisor, Assessment Committee Social Sciences Representative, and Institutional Review Board (IRB) Chair. They are currently working on research which focuses on self-reflective pedagogy in the undergraduate psychology classroom, and how instructor identity influences the college classroom. As a faculty advisor, they also have the privilege of helping students on their paths towards four-year transfer programs, many of whom have applied to UW and beyond.

Dissertation: Praxis in the Trenches: A Self-study of Feminist Assessment of Student Learning in Online Education