Lindsey J. Kaiser

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Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership lindsey.kaiser@maine.edu

334 Merrill Hall University of Maine Orono, ME 04469

Bio: Lindsey Kaiser is a collaborative education researcher focusing on racially just educational leadership and system-level change. Lindsey uses community-engaged participatory action research approaches to unite educational leaders, community leaders, and researchers around a shared vision that foregrounds race, power structures, educational justice, and equitable collaborations. She draws on theoretical perspectives from education, sociology, race and learning theories to inform the interconnectedness of human interactions, racialized identities, and educational leadership. Her research interests include anti-racist educational leadership, educational policy, equitable schools and school systems, and collaborative education research methods. Lindsey spent a decade in public schools as an assistant principal, instructional coach, special education teacher, and elementary teacher in Texas, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania. When she is not engaged in research, community collaborations, and teaching, she enjoys running and birding.

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Education

Ph.D. in Educational Policy, Organizations, and Leadership, 2024, University of Washington M.S. in Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, 2014, University of Wisconsin–Madison B.S. in Elementary Education and Special Education, 2008, Slippery Rock University

Courses taught at UMaine

  • EAD 647: Organizational Learning and Development
  • EAD 651: Organizational Behavior in Education
  • EAD 656: Social and Ethical Foundations in Educational Leadership

Selected Publications

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  • Kaiser, L. J., +Goldenkranz, D., +Lechner, H. K., +Burgess, P., & +Millines Dziko, T. (2025). School-based racial equity collaborations: White Principals implementing an active anti-racist stance. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 33. https://doi.org/10.14507/epaa.33.8531
  • Kaiser, L.J., & Wegemer, C. (2025). Boundary-spanning roles that support anti-racist educational leadership. In Polly, D. & Zenkov, K. (Eds.) Boundary-Spaning Roles and School-University Partnerships. Information Age Publishing.
  • Kaiser, L.J. (2024). Community-based approaches to anti-racist leadership: Supporting white principals’ learning through collaborative education research. (Doctoral dissertation, University of Washington).
  • Kaiser, L.J., & Lechner, H. (2023). Call to action: Restructuring traditional research conferences to promote dignity-affirming spaces. NNERPP Extra, 5(2), 28-35.

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