Jennifer Karnopp, Ph.D.

Jennifer Karnopp

Assistant Professor
Department of Educational Leadership

SDSU

Email

Primary Email: [email protected]

Building/Location

North Education - 166
Mail Code: 1190

Bio

Dr. Jennifer Karnopp works with practitioners, researchers and students to enhance understandings of how to shape an educational system that meaningfully engages traditionally marginalized learners so that all students realize the positive outcomes of a quality educational experience. Her research explores the intersection of social relationships and organizational structures for school improvement and change, with specific attention to leadership practices that support more equitable and inclusive schooling. She is particularly interested in how organizational routines and social relationships influence reform implementation; how local context shapes change processes; and inter-organizational approaches to change. Dr. Karnopp uses social network analysis as well as qualitative and mixed-methods research designs.

Education

  • Ph.D. Indiana University
  • M.S. Ed. Indiana University
  • B.A., Indiana University

Publications

Journal Articles

  1. Karnopp, J.R. and Walls, J. (2023). From climate to community: A new approach to conceptualizing the relational element of organizational learning. Journal of Educational Administration, 61(3), 287-303.
  2. Karnopp, J.R. (2023). Hidden structures: How knowledge moves among educators in one rural district. Teachers College Record, 125(2), 99-130. https://doi.org/01614681231161399
  3. Karnopp, J.R. (2022). Structures and relationships in organizational learning for change. Journal of Educational Administration, 60(5), 457-472. https://doi.org/10.1108/JEA-09-2021-0177
  4. Karnopp, J. (2022). Uncovering rural educators' secret agency. The Rural Educator, 43(2), 34-46. https://doi.org/10.55533/2643-9662.1324
  5. Reigeluth, C. M., and Karnopp, J. R. (2020). Vision and action: Two sides of the coin for systemic change in educational systems. TechTrends. 64(5), 769-778. doi.org/10.1007/s11528-020-00528-x
  6. Karnopp, J. R. (2020). Ties that bind: Knowledge movement and tie formation in a regional principal’s learning network. Voices in Reform. 3(1), 55-76.
  7. Lochmiller, C.M. and Karnopp, J.R. (2020). Initiating a Network’s Renewal: Charting the Development of Reading Recovery’s Networked Improvement Community. Journal of Reading Recovery. Spring 2020, 27-34.
  8. Karnopp, J. R. (2019). Undoing reform: How and why one school leader cleared a shifting path to goal attainment. Qualitative Report, 24(11), 2675-2692.
  9. Lochmiller, C. R., & Karnopp, J. R. (2016). The politics of coaching assistant principals: Exploring principal control. International Journal of Mentoring and Coaching in Education, 5(3), 203-220.

Books

  1. Reigeluth, C.M. and Karnopp, J. R. (2019). Vision and Action: Reinventing Schools through Personalized Competency-Based Education. Bloomington, IN: Marzano Resources.
  2. Reigeluth, C.M. and Karnopp, J. R. (2013). Reinventing Schools: It’s Time to Break the Mold. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield.