Christine Kiracofe (Rienstra-Kiracofe)

• M.P.A. — Public Administration, Purdue Global (2022)
• Ed. D. — Education Administration, University of Georgia (2004)
• M.A. — Art History, University of Georgia (2000)
• B.A. — Art History & Health Sciences (1997)

Certificates

• Family Law Mediation, Pepperdine University School of Law (2018)
• Legal Mediation, Northwestern University (2013)

• 2024 – present
  Head
  Department of Educational Studies
  Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
• 2020 – present
  Professor
  Department of Educational Studies
  Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
• 2018 – 2020
  Associate Professor
  Department of Educational Studies
  Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
• 2016 – 2018
  Professor
  Department of Leadership, Educational Psychology and Foundations
  Northern Illinois University
• 2014 – 2018
  Adjunct Professor
  College of Law
  Northern Illinois University
• 2010 – 2016
  Associate Professor
  Department of Leadership, Educational Psychology and Foundations
  Northern Illinois University

• Fellow, National Education Finance Academy (May 2013)
• Will Myers Memorial Scholarship Recipient, American Educational Finance Association (2003)
• Member, Phi Beta Kappa (1997)
• Heyl Scholarship Recipient, Kalamazoo College (1993 – 1997)

Books

• Kiracofe, C., Hirth, M. & Hutton, T. (Eds.) (2022). Charter School Funding Considerations. Information Age Publishing.
• Wood, R.C., Thompson, D.C., Dayton, J. & Kiracofe, C. (2015). Educational Finance Law: Constitutional Challenges to State Aid Plans – An Analysis of Strategies. Cleveland, Ohio: Education Law Association.
• Dayton, J. & Kiracofe, C. (2013). Illinois Education Law: A State Law Companion. Bangor, Maine: Wisdom Builders Press.

Book Chapters

• Kiracofe, C., Whitford, D., Katsiyannis, A. & Yell, M. (2022). Reshaping Educational Policy to Advance Social Justice. In Understanding and Addressing Disproportionality in Education: Moving Toward Social Justice.Springer.
• Kiracofe, C. Wood, R.C., Dayton, J. & Kiracofe, C. (2017). School Funding Litigation. In The Principal’s Legal Handbook (6^th ed.) (pp. 121-156). Cleveland, OH: Education Law Association.
• Kiracofe, C. (2017). Public School Facilities and Religious Buildings: The Constitutional Parameters of Renting Each Other’s Space. In Religion and the Law in Public Schools(pp. 333-354). Cleveland, OH: Education Law Association.
• Kiracofe, C. (2013). School District Governance & Finance. In A. Osborne & N. Roberts (Eds.), Educators’ Guide to School Law 2013. Dayton, OH: Education Law Association.
• Kiracofe, C. (2012). School District Governance & Finance. In A. Osborne & N. Roberts (Eds.), Educators’ Guide to School Law 2012. Dayton, OH: Education Law Association.

Scholarly Articles

• Kiracofe, C. (In Press). School Funding Litigation as a Tool to Achieve Education Access and Opportunity, Syracuse Law Review.
• Mombou, K. & Kiracofe, C. (2023). The Implications of Export Control Laws on Research Universities, Education Law into Practice: West’s Education Law Reporter, 412, 409-416.
• Hayden, D. & Kiracofe, C. (2023). Expansion of the Analysis of Performance Funding Outcomes to include Critical Race Theory, Journal of Higher Education Policy and Leadership Studies, 4(1), 7-23.
• McCombs, R. & Kiracofe, C. (2023). State Legislation Regarding Service Animals: Informing Big Ten Higher Education Disability Policy, Education Law into Practice: West’s Education Law Reporter, 409,1-15.
• Ashcraft, M. & Kiracofe, C. (2023). Relationships for Scholarships: A Legislative Review of Mentoring Requirements in Eligibility and Renewal Criteria for State- Based Promise Programs, West’s Education Law Reporter, 408, 665-679.
• Ashcraft, M. & Kiracofe, C. (2022). A Legislative Review of the Indiana 21^st Century Scholars Program: Policy Implications for Higher Education Access and Completion, West’s Education Law Reporter, 400,1-17.
• Phillips, T. & Kiracofe, C. (2022). Financial Literacy Programming in Higher Education: What’s There and What’s Missing, Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice. DOI:10.1080/19496591.2022.2074796
• Bingham, C. & Kiracofe, C. (2022). Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Legal Legacy: The EqualProtection Clause and Women in Public Higher Education Institutions in the United States, Education Law into Practice: West’s Education Law Reporter, 397, 12-24.
• McCombs, R. & Kiracofe, C. (2022). Service Animals in the Higher Education Environment: How the Law Guides Institutions in Supporting Disabled Student Handlers, Education Law into Practice: West’s Education Law Reporter, 395, 467-476.
• Kiracofe, C. & Weiler, S. (2022).Surfing the Waves: An Examination of School Funding Litigation from Serrano v. PriesttoCook v. Raimondoand the Possible Transition to the Fourth Wave,Brigham Young University Education and Law Journal, 2021(2), 159-230.
• DeMitchell, T., Kiracofe, C., Fossey, R. & Fellman, N. (2021). Skirts, Yes, Pants, No: Dress Codes, and “Ancient and Absurd Customs?” Peltier v. Charter Day School, Inc., Education Law into Practice: West’s Education Law Reporter, 393,471-482.
• Osborne, A., Kiracofe, C. & Fossey, R. (2021). Perez v. Sturgis Public Schools: Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies under the IDEA. Education Law into Practice: West’s Education Law Reporter, 393,7-12.
• Weiler, S., Kopanke, J. & Kiracofe, C. (2021). Applying the Odds Ratio to the Study of School Finance Litigation. West’s Education Law Reporter, 392,1-16.
• Osborne, A., Kiracofe, C., & Fossey, R. (2021). Board of Education of Yorktown Central School District v. C.S.: School Districts Cannot Unilaterally Amend IEPs During Resolution Periods,Education Law into Practice: West’s Education Law Reporter, 389, 17-22.
• Fossey, R., Kiracofe, C., & Osborne, A.G. (2021). Doe v. Rhode Island School of Design: A College has a Duty to Provide Students with Safe Housing During Overseas Study Abroad Programs,Education Law into Practice: West’s Education Law Reporter, 387, 456-460.
• Kiracofe, C. & Weiler, S. (2021). As SerranoTurns 50: Historical Perspectives and Future Projections on School Finance. Education Law and Policy Review, 6, 1-8.
• Weiler, S. & Kiracofe, C. (2021). Forward to Journal of Education Human Resources Spring 2021 Edition. Journal of Education Human Resources, 39(2), 103-104 DOI: 10.3138/jehr-39-2- 002
• Fossey, R., Kiracofe, C., and Osborne, A. (2021). Collins v. Putt: Instructor did not Violate a Student’s First Amendment Rights When She Removed His Online Post from a College Message Board,Education Law into Practice: West’s Education Law Reporter, 387, 12-16.