Dr. Gavin Weiser

By appointment
- About
- Education
- Awards & Honors
- Research
Biography
S. Gavin Weiser is an associate professor in the Department of Educational Administration and Foundations and coordinator of the College Student Personnel Administration master's program. Gavin is also core faculty at ISU in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies as well as affiliated faculty with Latin American/Latino/a Studies.They also also currently serve as the interim director of the graduate school. Gavin earned their Ph.D. in Foundations of Education & Inquiry from the University of South Carolina’s College of Education. Beyond this,they also completed a graduate certificate in Women’s and Gender Studies at the University of South Carolina. Gavin worked for several years as a university administrator in the Office of Multicultural Student Affairs at Carolina focusing on social justice and diversity work. Prior to this Gavin was an outdoor educator for Princeton University, leading youth on backpacking and other outdoor adventure activities.
Current Courses
EAF 463.001 College Students & Their Cultures
EAF 413.001 Critical Social Theory & Resistant Knowledge Projects
EAF 599.008 Dissertation Research
EAF 599.008 Dissertation Research
EAF 464.001 Practicum In College Student Personnel Administration
EAF 415.001 Qualitative Research In Educational Settings
EAF 228.013 Social Foundations Of Education
EAF 428.001 Topics In Educational Foundations: College Student Personnel
Teaching Interests & Areas
Bridging the practitioner/researcher divide. Bringing arts-based educational research methods into the classroom.
Research Interests & Areas
Identity, Agency, & Social Movements, Sociology of Education, Ethics of qualitative research, Activism within and beyond the academy, critical university studies
Ph D Educational Foundations & Inquiry
Other Women & Gender Studies
MA Higher Education & Student Affairs
BA Interdisciplinary Humanities
Outstanding College Researcher Award
College of Education Outstanding Teacher Award
Outstanding College of Education Service Award
Emerging Faculty Leader Academy
Engaged Scholar Initiative
STAR Award - Promotion of Diversity
Profile of Social Change
Communal Support Award
Servant Leader Award
Book, Chapter
Students. In N. Zhang, P. McCluskey-Titus, & T. Cawthon (Eds.), Theory of College Student Development: Integration of Knowledge, Skills, and Application. Charles C Thomas Pub LTD.
Journal Article
And sustaining wokeness in education. Social Alternatives, 43(1), 32–41.
Presentations
DeMartino, L. and Weiser, S. G. (2021, April). The educational administrative response to COVID-19 in the United States: A phenomenological study transitioned to photovoice [Individual Paper/Symposium]. Comparative and International Education Society, Virtual.