Robin Brandehoff, Ph.D.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

NCFDD Faculty Success Alumni Program – National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity,2023-Present (Summer, Fall, and Spring Semesters each academic year).

Rethinking Your Research Funding 2026 – National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity, February 9-March 8, 2026 (4-week program).

Artificial Intelligence Explorations for Educators 2024 – ISTE.org and ASCD, May 13^th, 2024. (15-week program)

Diversifying the Teacher Workforce – AACTE, Aurora, CO. February 15, 2024.

Community Storytelling Workshop (Invited guest and I brought along two doctoral students to join me) – The Center for Applied Theatre, Mirror Image Arts and Bochatey Foundation, Denver, CO. August 2023.

NCFDD Faculty Success Program Fellow – University of Colorado Denver, 2023.

ThinqStudio Fellow – University of Colorado Denver, 2021-2023.

R.A.C.E. Mentoring 2021, Dr. Donna Y. Ford and Dr. Michelle Frazier Trotman Scott

Equity Certificate Program – University of Colorado Denver, Dr. Angell and Dr. Viveiros, December 2020. 

Pathways2Teaching: A Grow Your Own Teacher Program, Dr. Margarita Bianco, CCSSO 2017.

Publish Not Perish, Dr. Donna Y. Ford and Dr. Ramon Goings, August 2017. 

SERVICE: SEHD

Student Committee – Committee Chair (Fall 2024), Member 2024-Present

This committee in SEHD focuses on student success, nominations for student awards, reviewing cases for student grade appeals, et cetera. In my first meeting, I was chosen as chair and led all meetings, communication, and organizing agendas for the fall 2024 semester and first meeting of the 2025 spring semester. 

SEHD EdD Leadership Committee – 2023-Present

As a member of the EdD Leadership committee, I participate in monthly meetings to discuss and plan for current and upcoming doctoral cohorts, advising, course schedules and creation, and other matters related to our EdD doctoral programs as they come up. In this committee, I represent both the L@tinx Learners and Communities concentration and the Justice, Equity, and the U.S.-based Diverse Identities concentrations. Co-chair of the committee 2025-2026.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion – Committee Chair, 2021-Present

Leading “Our Voices” Initiative, providing listening sessions for marginalized students, faculty, and staff to share their experiences at CU Denver in a space purposefully created to elevate voices and be as safe a space as possible. Working with Office of Equity and Inclusion on various initiatives. Chair, 2022-Present. 

Doctoral Students of Color – Faculty Advisor, Spring 2020-Present

Faculty advisor for the Doctoral Students of Color student group at University of Colorado Denver. Responsibilities include mentoring board members, attending all meetings (membership, board, dean’s, committee, etc.), supporting students in developing and executing their annual research symposium, and supporting ongoing events each year including our invited speaker series, alumni events, and writing support events. 

Fourteener Writing Summit with SEHD and Doctoral Students of Color – Organizer and Facilitator, Spring 2022-Present

Co-created, organized, and executed the Fourteener Writing Summit, a 14-day writing challenge where Doctoral students are grouped in a small writing cohort with a faculty mentor to build community, share resources and ideas, commit to daily check-ins, and to write daily. As the lead for this event, I recruited faculty mentors and supported their work by offering resources, email check-ins, and a debrief after the Summit (for both faculty and students). I co-lead this event with Dean Bauer and the DSoC President. 

DRP Seminar Mentor, Fall 2022 

Attended the DRP Seminar to listen, give advice and feedback to doctoral students as they presented their elevator speeches for their DRP proposals. 

Religious Observances: Guiding Principles & Practices, Fall 2022

In response to a doctoral student experience of religious oppression inflicted by a faculty member, I was invited to join a working group to discuss potential policy around religious observances in SEHD and the wider campus community. In collaboration with the student and Associate Deans Jefferson and Bauer, we established guiding principles and practices for SEHD faculty to consider implanting. Our goal is for these practices to be put into effect and to revisit outdated campus policies regarding diversity, equity, inclusion, and social justice. 

Inclusive Excellence Council: Education, Curriculum, and Pedagogy – Summer 2022

Invited to the council by Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, I and an SEHD colleague are supporting Dean Jefferson’s work in archiving models of inclusive and equitable curriculum and pedagogy from around the country and building a proposal for this work to move forward. Responsibilities also include presenting this work to the council, receiving feedback, making edits based on that feedback, and providing feedback to other groups within the council. 

CLDE Hiring Committee – Spring 2022

Served on the hiring committee for CLDE in Spring 2022. Reviewed applications, interviewed applicants, offered campus tours, and supported the committee in hiring Ester de Jong (Full Professor).

SERVICE: BOARD MEMBERSHIPS

Executive Officer, Core Member, and Co-Chair of Research and Development – Grow Your Own Collective.

My work with this national organization includes speaking at conferences about Grow Your Own Teacher programs, strategies, and best practices; conducting site visits and research at affiliate sites including Seattle, Washington; Chicago, Illinois; Waianae, Hawai’i; and Denver, Colorado; publishing work on grow your own models and critical  frameworks for successful programming; and planning for and executing our national pre-conference for NAAC in 2019. Fall 2016–Present.

Co-President, Board Member, and Grant Writer – Pedagogy and Theatre of the Oppressed, Inc. 

As part of my work with this international organization, I help to organize and host our annual conferences which includes event planning, conference proposal vetting and communications, organizing visiting artist residencies and volunteers, conducting events for our journal and research, and writing grants to continue our work. Additionally, I support ongoing virtual community events, international research presentation panels, and our peer-reviewed journal, among other board responsibilities. Fall 2018 – Fall 2023.

AESA 2022 Program Committee Member

Invited to join the AESA 2022 Program Committee and to support in reviewing proposals for the upcoming conference. Spring 2022-Spring 2023.

Editorial Board Member

Editorial board member of the Handbook of Research on Challenging Deficit Thinking for Exceptional Education Improvement, edited by Richard D. Williams, (2021). 

Advising Board Member – UnleashedTTT.

I serve in an advising role for UnleashedTTT, which is a non-profit organization aimed at rehabilitating at-promise youth in juvenile detention facilities through therapy work and trainings with service dogs. These youth are trained to work with and nurture therapy dogs and their in-facility trainings offer pathways to an occupation in the field once they have exited the facility. 2018-2023.

SERVICE: INTER/NATIONAL

AERA Mentorship and Mentoring Practices SIG Chair April 2026-Present

• Leading SIG meetings, proposal reviews, dissertation and paper awards, etc. 
• Collaborating with SIG board to align goals and grow membership
• Creating community gathering engagement opportunities to connect members (students with faculty; early faculty with advanced faculty; etc.); preparing new members for presentations at AERA conferences; creating writing spaces throughout the year (virtually)

Chairing and Discussant Leadership for AERA 2026 Conference

• Chair and Discussant: “Bad Mentor”: Community Perceptions of “Qualified” Mentors in the Tower and the Block, Mentorship and Mentoring Practices SIG
• Chair and Discussant: Mentoring Frameworks and Campus Dynamics, Mentorship and Mentoring Practices SIG
• Chair and Discussant: Pedagogies of Power, Community, and Freedom

Proposal and Distinguished Paper Reviewer for AERA (2026) Conference

• Mentorship and Mentoring Practices SIG (20 proposals)
• Critical Educators for Social Justice SIG (7 proposals)
• Mentorship and Mentoring Practices SIG (Distinguished Paper Award)

Education Administration Quarterly 2025 – Manuscript Review

Urban Education 2025 – Manuscript Review

International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education 2025 – Manuscript Review

Journal of Latinos and Education 2025 – Manuscript Review

The Urban Review 2025 – Manuscript Review

Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Studies 2024 – Manuscript Review

• Invited to review multiple manuscripts

Journal of Underrepresented & Minority Progress 2024 – Manuscript Review

• Invited to review multiple manuscripts

Proposal Reviewer for AERA (2025) Conference – Division B, Section 6

• Responsible for reviewing 8 paper proposals.

Chapter Reviewer 2024 – for Light a Fire and Watch it Burn: Disruptive Qualitive Methods in Education Research, Meyers Press.

Denver Venom Conference 2023 – Event Coordinator

• Responsible for conference support and organization
• Day of responsibilities include working with vendors, organizing volunteers, registration, and supporting additional event work as needed

Proposal Reviewer for AERA (2024) Conference – Mentorship and Mentoring Practices Sig and Critical Educators for Social Justice Sig.

• Responsible for reviewing 12 paper and panel proposals.

Pedagogy and Theatre of the Oppressed 2023 Indianapolis In-Person and Online Conferences

• Hosting, chair, and discussant for 3+ sessions throughout the day
• Planning and organizing conferences from inception to execution with online and in-person conference teams

Conference Proposal Reviewer for Pedagogy and Theatre of the Oppressed (2023) Conference 

• Responsible for reviewing international paper, workshop, and symposium session proposals.

AESA 2022 Program Committee Member

• Invited to join the AESA 2022 Program Committee by President Elect and Program Chair
• Supports conference by reviewing proposals for the upcoming conference

Pedagogy and Theatre of the Oppressed 2022 Chicago Online Conference

• Hosting, chair, and discussant for 3+ sessions throughout the day
• Planning and organizing conference from inception to execution with online conference team

Denver Venom Conference 2021 – Event Coordinator

• Responsible for conference support and organization
• Day of responsibilities include working with vendors, organizing volunteers, registration, and supporting additional event work as needed

AERA 2021 Conference – Chair 

• Students, Teachers, and Young Artists: Their Burgeoning Identities and Embodied Learning (Roundtable: SIG Advanced Technologies for Learning – April 8, 2021)
• Practical Approaches for Youth Mentoring (Roundtable: SIG Mentorship and Mentoring Practices – April 11, 2021)

Proposal Review for PTO Journal 2022

• Responsible for reviewing incoming article and artistic submissions to the Pedagogy and Theatre of the Oppressed Journal. 

Conference Proposal Reviewer – IAFOR 2023 International Conference.

• Responsible for reviewing fifteen international paper session proposals. 

Proposal Reviewer for AERA 2021 Conference – Mentorship and Mentoring Practices Sig. 

• Responsible for reviewing six paper proposals.

Proposal Review for PTO Journal 2020

• Responsible for reviewing incoming article and artistic submissions to the Pedagogy and Theatre of the Oppressed Journal. 

Proposal Reviewer for AERA 2020 Conference – Mentorship and Mentoring Practices Sig. 

• Responsible for reviewing nine paper proposals and two symposium sessions.

Conference Proposal and Scholarship Reviewer – Pedagogy and Theatre of the Oppressed 2020 Conference.

• Responsible for reviewing twenty international paper, workshop, and symposium session proposals, as well as reviewing scholarship applications from domestic and international applicants applying for travel and/or conference attendance grants.

Conference Proposal Reviewer – Pedagogy and Theatre of the Oppressed 2019 Conference.

• Responsible for reviewing twenty international paper, workshop, and symposium session proposals, as well as overseeing the proposal submission process, corresponding with applicants, and submitting conference session acceptance letters to all invited applicants. 

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Pedagogy and Theatre of the Oppressed, Inc. – Co-President and Board Member

ThinqStudio – Fellow

National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity – Faculty Success Program Fellow

American Educational Studies Association (AESA)

American Educational Research Association (AERA)

Arts and Inquiry in the Visual and Performing Arts in Education

Mentorship and Mentoring Practices – Member and Chair (Beginning April 2026)

Paulo Freire Sig

Division K: Teaching and Teacher Education

Division B: Curriculum Studies

Division G: Social Context of Education

Division H: Research, Evaluation, and Assessment in Schools