Katrina Struloeff, Ph.D.

Dr. Katrina Struloeff (she/her) is an experienced k-12 urban educator with a background in non-profit operations, educational development, and communications. Dr. Struloeff is currently at Catalyst @ Penn GSE as the Director of Growth and Impact. Prior to joining Catalyst @ Penn GSE, Dr. Struloeff has worked as an education researcher within the academy, school districts, and industry including the School District of Philadelphia, Perkins Eastman architecture firm, and Drexel University School of Education. She spent 7 years in the New Orleans public charter school landscape as a middle school and high school administrator. Working across the United States, Dr. Struloeff has facilitated national training for organizations that serve youth and families in vulnerable positions; facilitated out-of-school arts, STEM, and entrepreneurship programming for youth; engaged with community activism and social enterprise incubation; and led partnerships with numerous national and regional organizations for information-sharing and innovative evidence-based programming. She earned a Master’s degree from Carnegie Mellon University Heinz College in public policy, with a focus on nonprofit management. 

Dr. Struloeff holds Ph.D. from the School of Education at Drexel University in Lənape Haki-nk (Lenni-Lenape) Territory.  She is also the current Communications Chair, AERA Special Interest Group for Research on Women in Education, co-Chair of the LGBTQAI+ Staff/Faculty Affinity Group at Penn GSE, and Committee Member &  Web Facilitator for Women Leading Education Across Continents. She was Managing Editor of Journal of African American Male Education from 2019-2023.

Her peer reviewed and industry publications, presentations, and workshops can be found on the other corresponding pages.