Education

• Doctor of Philosophy – Educational Leadership & Research, Louisiana State University and A&M College
• Master of Education – Higher Education Administration-Student Affairs Administration, University of Arkansas
• Bachelor of Business Administration – Management, Henderson State University

Course Information

EDHI 387 - Practicum I 

Research

Wicker, P., Barnes, I., McCoy, D. L., & Winkle-Wagner, R. (2023). A web of support: A narrative analysis of Black women’s gatekeeping experiences in STEM disciplines. The Review of Higher Education, 47(1). https://doi.org/10.1353/rhe.0.a900428

McCoy, D. L., Rutan, M. N., & Cooper, A. R. (2023). gender identities in 21st-century higher education. In. T. L. Trolian & E. Parker (Eds.). Promoting meaningful student-faculty experiences for graduate and professional students. Routledge.

McCoy, D. L. (2022). Black student-athletes, contemporary student-athlete activism, and critical race theory. New Directions for Student Services, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1002/ss.20446

McCoy, D. L., & Winkle-Wagner, R. (2022). Cultivating “generational blessings”: Graduate school aspirations and intergenerational uplift among Women of Color. Journal of College Student Development, 63(5), 491-507. https://doi.org/10.1353/csd.2022.0043

Awards

• Outstanding Advisor of the Year National Pan-Hellenic Council. University of bTennessee, Knoxville, Office of Sorority & Fraternity Life (2024)
• Helen B. Watson Faculty/Student Award for Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation, College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, (2024)
• Collegiate Advisor of the Year Southeastern Region – Kappa Chi Chapter, Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. (2024)
• Vrondelia “Ronni” Chandler Award, Knox Education Foundation, Project GRADKnoxville (2023) 

Presentations

Cooper, A. R., Rutan, M. N., & McCoy, D. L. (2024, November). Unsetting complacency: Radically reimaging community norms for the socially just classroom. Scholarly paper presented at the 2024 Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) Annual Conference, Minneapolis, MN.

McCoy, D. L., & Rutan, M. R. (2024, February). Communities of care: Creating belonging through a care and wellbeing initiative. Presentation at the 2024 Conference on Higher Education Values, Identity, Belonging, and Purpose (Virtual).

Pickett, Jr., C., & McCoy, D. L. (2023, November). A phenomenological exploration of the lived experiences of second-year African American male students on predominantly White campuses. Research paper presented at the Annual Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) Conference, Minneapolis, MN.

Rutan, M. N., Cooper, A. R., McCoy D. L., Sáenz, V., & Winkle-Wagner, R. (2023, November). Advancing diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging in uncertain times: Socio-political perspectives from red states. Symposia presented at the Annual Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) Conference, Minneapolis, MN.

Martinez, W. A. & McCoy, D. L. (2023, November). Beyond compliance: Critical perspectives in supporting institutionally underserved survivors of sexual violence. American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting & Expo, Atlanta, GA. 

Benson, J., Ray, K., Washington, L., McCoy, D. L., Winkle-Wagner, R., & Goosby, B.(2022, November). “I gotta go to grad school”: Graduate preparation programs affirming Black women through the academy. Research paper presented at the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) Annual Conference, Las Vegas,
NV.

Cooper, A.R., Winkle-Wagner, R., McCoy, D. L. (2022, April). Toward antiracist habitus: Using social reproduction theory to determine anti-racist ways of being. Scholarly paper presented at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Conference, San Diego, CA.