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Research Interests

• Qualitative research methodology, race and social justice
• School reform initiatives including the charter movement

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• The impact of standards on teacher development for the teaching of literary appreciation
• The professional development of teaching English in secondary schools
• The processes of change in secondary English teachers’ perceptions regarding the purposes of teaching literature.

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• understanding the role of teachers’ and students’ beliefs about literacy learning
• teacher expectations
• early literacy learning
• literacy instruction and intervention
• mixed methods research in literacy

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• The role of school principals in K-12 literacy learning

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• Critical literacies
• Critical global literacies across the curriculum
• Teachers’ critical practices supporting students’ literacy development and identities
• Teacher preparation for culturally and linguistically diverse learners
• Culturally and linguistically sustaining pedagogy

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• Examining individual’s identity(ies) in one or more STEM disciplines
• Understanding the role of making and tinkering in formal and informal learning environments
• Investigating family engagement in and interactions around STEM-related activities
• Examining spontaneous and humanistic approaches to mathematics through other fields such as archaeology and engineering
• Utilizing self-study methodology to examine her own practices as an educator and researcher

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• School-family-community partnerships to expand support for student
• Trauma-informed education and mental health support in schools
• Strategies to strengthen interprofessional collaboration in education and mental health

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• District science coordinators and science education leadership
• Supporting pre-service and early career science teachers
• Three-dimensional science instruction
• Culturally relevant science instruction

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• Students with or at risk for disabilities in literacy
• Teacher education and special education
• Using AI to increase access to the general education curriculum for students with or at risk for learning disabilities
• STEM and students with or at risk for disabilities

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• Intersectionality of multi-layered vulnerabilities including dis/abilities
• Educational equity
• Students with autism and other neurodevelopmental dis/abilities
• Postsecondary transition from high school to adulthood

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• Critical quantitative research
• Issues related to the teacher supply demand and preparation of well-prepared teachers
• Equitable education

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• Critical Disability Studies in Education
• Developing anti-ableist curricula in elementary classrooms and higher education
• Supporting critical praxis in early childhood classrooms
• Collaborative and participatory research partnerships with educators and communities

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• Education policies and practices that apply to students with disabilities in segregated settings, including corrections
• Discipline and behavior support in schools
• Teacher knowledge and development related to academic and behavioral interventions

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• Instructional and assistive technologies
• Mathematics interventions for students with disabilities
• Academic behaviors in technology-enhanced learning

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• Special education teacher workforce, particularly the factors shaping its composition, distribution, and effectiveness

• Focus on the ways in which preparation pathways, certification policies, and workplace conditions influence teacher recruitment, support, and retention, drawing on both quantitative and qualitative methods, including large-scale administrative data analysis and in-depth qualitative inquiry.

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• History of American education
• Cultural battles over schooling and school reform
• Examination of campaigns of conservative evangelical Protestants in both K-12 and higher education
• History of creation/evolution debates
• Evolution of conservative thinking about K-12 education
• Examining the first systematic attempt at urban school reform in American history

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• Teacher education and assessment
• L2 writing
• Bilingual and Multilingualism
• Korean L2 learning
• Educational technology