Expertise

My research employs qualitative methods and critical theories to explore educational policies and school leaders' responses to these. In addition to work on US schooling, I have studied leadership in schools contending with national educational reforms and intense regional unrest in the border provinces of southern Thailand.

Affiliations

Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development, School of Education, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

Associate Professor, Urban Education Counseling, Leadership and Policy Studies, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

Communities
Education
Degrees
PhD, University of Texas at Austin, Educational Administration, 2004
MEd, University of Texas at Austin, Science Education, 1996
BS, University of Maine, Education, 1990
Keywords
educational administration and policy equal educational opportunity politics of education urban education educational leadership
Honors

Jack A. Culbertson Early Career Award, University Council for Educational Administration (UCEA), 2010

Outstanding Dissertation in the Politics of Education, Politics of Education Association (AERA SIG), 2006

Associations
University Council for Educational Administration (UCEA), American Educational Research Association (AERA), Politics of Education Association