Rhodesia McMillian, Ph.D., is an assistant professor of education policy at The Ohio State University. Her research interests and journal publications examine how federal, state, and local education policies impact the educational experiences of African American students and students with disabilities and how educational disparities persist in K-12 public education.  Rhodesia McMillian received her Ph.D. from the University of Missouri-Columbia after consecutive careers as an autism teacher and a school psychologist. Dr. McMillian has over a decade of experience working in elementary and secondary schools as a school psychologist and currently contracts with Columbus City Schools as a school psychologist. She also served at the university level as associate director of K-12 Access, Programming and Engagement in the Division of Inclusion, Diversity and Equity at the University of Missouri-Columbia. Dr. McMillian recently received a Spencer Foundation grant to analyze federal court appeals involving K-12 schools titled “A Constitutional Right to Education: A Multi-case Analysis of K–12 Educational Jurisprudence Among the United States Circuit Courts.” She is a member of the University Council for Educational Administration, a national organization, and has presented at its annual convention, as well as at the annual conferences of the American Educational Research Foundation.