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Research interests include emergent literacy, family literacy, cognitive style, and play.
LGBTQIA+ college students, staff, and faculty; sense of belonging; curricular approaches to learning outside the classroom; learning outcome development and assessment; as well as the experiences of live-in professional staff within residential life and housing on college campuses.
Civic Education, Democracy Education, Teaching for Civic Engagement, Teaching for Social Justice, Social Studies Education, Teacher Education for Pre-Service Teachers, Professional Development for Social Studies Teachers, Community-Based Learning and Student Service-Learning
Educational Policy and School Reform, History of Education, Philosophy of Education, Civic Education, Educational Law

Affiliate Faculty: School of Public Policy, Artificial Intelligence Interdisciplinary Institute at Maryland (AIM)
Takes a critical theory analysis of curricular issues with a focus on the issues of race, class, and theories of social justice. Research includes a critical historical analysis of the history of the American Eugenics Movement in the early twentieth centu
Higher Education Policy, Teacher Education Policy, P-20 Education Pipeline and Alignment, College and Career Readiness.
Race and dis/ability; Postsecondary transition; Intellectual and developmental disabilities; Community-driven family interventions
Identification of academic resiliency factors among youth of color living in underresourced neighborhoods; interrogating queer blindfolded and other lenses that heterosexual identifying individuals adopt in support of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer concerns; racial bias among practicing mental health professionals; integration of social justice principles in the fields of counseling and counseling psychology.
English and Literacy Education with a focus on reader response, reading comprehension, and written communication.
Improvement Science, Leadership Development, Educator Preparation, the Achievement Gap