Professional Biography
Dr. McGee’s interests are in advancing education equity through the translation of research to practice. His focus on student-centered, community-engaged education envisions a K-20+ education continuum with a goal of producing competent civic citizens. His perception of that continuum envisions a comprehensive and inclusive view of “post-secondary education” that encompasses two-year, four-year, and “trade school” institutions. In 2019 he served as the project director for research related to these interests under a Penn University Research Foundation Grant with Dr. Laura Perna as principal investigator.
At GSE, Dr. McGee serves as the co-director of the Penn Experience Course, an asynchronous course designed to help students get the most out of their Penn experience—inside and outside the classroom, on and off campus. The course helps to prepare students for difficult conversations about racism and other forms of oppression. He is co-founder and manager of the GSE Writing Commons. The Commons supports the culture and practice of academic writing at Penn GSE by creating supportive hybrid spaces for nurturing people as writers; and by recognizing that identities, cultures, and knowledge-building practices are integral to the writing process. Dr. McGee serves on the GSE Committee on Race, Equity, and Inclusion, and previously served on the Penn Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Collaboration. As a student, he served on a GSE Faculty Tenure Review Committee and was the Diversity and Inclusion Fellow for OSS.
Prior to pursuing master's and doctorate degrees from Penn GSE, Dr. McGee had an extensive legal career. He spent most of that career in government agencies, including serving as a New Jersey Deputy Attorney General, a New Jersey Deputy Ratepayer Advocate, as a City of East Orange Assistant Corporation Counsel, and culminated his legal career by serving as a New Jersey Administrative Law Judge.
