Researcher

I want my studies to lift up examples of joyful, culturally sustaining, and liberatory teaching. Some of my areas of focus include DisCrit, Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy, Humanizing Research Methods, and Critical Inquiry.

My dissertation studies examine the culture, conditions, and beliefs that support and allow teachers to hold each other accountable to a vision of social justice on behalf of students with marginalized identities. I believe that educational research can be sustaining and humanizing for teachers, but rarely is. Through deep listening, innovative teacher-research collaborations and participatory action research, I’m working to center teachers’ lived experience, wisdom, and real questions.