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Marci Rockey

Assistant Coordinator & Academic Advisor, College Student Personnel Administration Program
Educational Admin& Foundations
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DEG Degarmo Hall 335
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Biography

Dr. Rockey is the Assistant Coordinator & Academic Advisor for the CSPA program. Prior to this position, she was the Assistant Director for Community College Relations & Research at the Office of Community College Research and Leadership (OCCRL) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and has ten years of experience as a community college student affairs practitioner. Dr. Rockey has experience teaching courses at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Her research centers on rural students, community colleges, and racial equity.

Current Courses

482.001Administration Seminar-Non Certification

464.001Practicum In College Student Personnel Administration

464.001Practicum In College Student Personnel Administration

461.001Student Development Theory In Higher Education

428.001Topics In Educational Foundations: College Student Personnel

PhD Education Policy, Organization and Leadership

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

MS Education

Illinois State University

Bachelor of Arts

Illinois State University

Book, Chapter

Collins, J. D. & Rockey, M. (2023). Higher education access and attainment for rural communities of color in Illinois: A critical policy analysis. In T. Hallmark, S.Ardoin, & D. Means (Eds.), Race and Rurality: Considerations for Advancing Higher Education Equity. Routledge.

Rockey, M., Georges, Jr., C. T., Andrews, K., & Zamani-Gallaher, E. M. (2022). Not marginal, just mattering: Community colleges in student affairs practice. In S. B. Marine & C. Gilbert (Eds.), Critical Praxis in Higher Education and Student Affairs: Social Justice in Action. Stylus Publishing, LLC.

Journal Article

James-Gallaway, C. D., James-Gallaway, A. D., Rockey, M., & Dawson, R. A. (2024). Evading Race: A Critical Race Analysis of Vocational/Career and Technical Education Policy. Educational Policy, 38(3), 700-726. https://doi.org/10.1177/08959048241231956

Rockey, M. & Collins, J. D. (2024). An introduction to rural minority-serving community colleges. In E. Doran (Ed.), New Directions for Community Colleges: Minority Serving Community Colleges. Wiley.

Rockey, M., Fox, H. L., & Zamani-Gallaher, E. M. (2021). What does reverse transfer look like when
there is no funding or mandate to support it? Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 45(5), 374-377. doi 10.1080/10668926.2019.1706666