Ayinde Rochon

Ayinde Rochon is a doctoral student in Education Policy, Organization & Leadership with a concentration in higher education. His research interests focus on identity and efficacy development of Black students on college campuses. By using autoethnography, photography, and filmmaking as methods of collecting and displaying research, Rochon brings both the arts and academy together as one. He has served as both research and teaching assistants on the Illinois campus.

Education

• Ph.D., Student, Education Policy, Organization & Leadership, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  
• Ed.M., Education Policy, Organization & Leadership, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 
  
• B.A., Political Science, Indiana University Bloomington

Projects

• Comprehensive Local Needs Assessment
• Open Educational Resources
• Equity Workshops in Community College System (ICCB)
  

Research Areas

• Identity and efficacy of Black students
• Photovoice
• Autoethnography

Professional Associations

• Association for the Study of Higher Education