Research Discipline/Bio
Devin is a PhD candidate in Higher & Postsecondary Education. With over a decade of experience in higher education overseeing administrative operations and large-scale initiatives, Devin's research focuses on the heart of the higher education enterprise: the professional lives of faculty as they navigate their roles as educators and scholars.
Devin examines the potential for pedagogical adaptation to faculty teaching in unconventional settings. Her dissertation examines faculty teaching in prisons, particularly how faculty navigate tensions between their disciplinary expertise and the constraints of the prison environment. Devin is also a research assistant to Anna Neumann, Edward S. Evenden Professor of Education, contributing to projects on law school teaching and learning, and has served as a course assistant for several courses in Higher & Postsecondary Education.
Devin currently works as Assistant Dean in Operations & Administration at Columbia Business School.
Educational Background
Doctor of Philosophy, Higher & Postsecondary Education, Teachers College, Columbia University (ABD)
Master of Education, Higher & Postsecondary Education, Teachers College, Columbia University, 2022
Master of Arts, Higher & Postsecondary Education, Teachers College, Columbia University, 2018
Bachelor of Arts, History & Women's and Gender Studies, Pace University, 2013
Honors/Awards
Teachers College, Columbia University Anna Neumann Supporting Student Research Award, 2021
Last Updated: Jun 9, 2025