Influential Woman · Higher Education
Ashley Appleby
PhD
Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice, Endicott College
Boston, MA
Her Story
About Ashley
One of the core commitments at the heart of my work is centering people’s lived experiences and using those voices to better understand and address inequality across different stages of life.
I am especially interested in how structural systems shape opportunity, belonging, and access, and how education can serve as both a site of constraint and possibility. Across all of my work, I aim to elevate underrepresented voices, translate research into practice and policy, and contribute to more equitable systems of education and care.
Her Interview
Ten minutes with Ashley
01What values are most important to you in your work and personal life?
For me, it's always finding new communities of women to be supported by, to also support, and to uplift each other. Throughout my career as a young woman professional, it's been really powerful and impactful to connect with other women to hear about and feel supported in navigating academia, navigating early career struggles and challenges, and most recently, navigating motherhood while also being a working professional early in my career with a PhD. I'm aspiring to make sure my resume is up to date and I have no gaps, but also make time for being a mom while also being a working professional. Building that community is so important because I find that connecting with other people is the best thing in the world. Working at a student-centered institution, having a meaningful impact on my students' lives is really what I strive to do. I'm very passionate about making sure students can access all resources and not have any barriers to having to pay for expensive textbooks or face other obstacles to education.
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