Educator and Researcher
I’m an Associate Professor of Educational Leadership at the University of Maine. I study how rural schools and communities are responding to 21st century social and economic change. At UMaine, I direct both the Center for Applied Research on Education and Schools, as well as the New England Rural Education Hub.
My recent projects have looked at trauma-responsive education in rural schools, how superintendents responded to school building closure during the COVID-19 pandemic, how schools interact with and support student caregivers in recovery, and how to support educator well-being throughout their careers.
My work has been funded by the American Education Research Association, the Spencer Foundation, the National Science Foundation, the Nellie Mae Foundation and the U.S. Department of Education and has been published in the Review of Research in Education, the American Journal of Education, the Peabody Journal of Education and others.
Catharine Biddle 