You have to act as if it were possible to radically transform the world. And you have to do it all the time.
~ Angela Davis
~ Angela Davis
About Me
I am an Assistant Professor of Education in the Teacher Education Division at Wayne State University. My scholarship focuses on how schooling mechanisms impact academic and social opportunities for girls of color with disabilities (i.e., autism, cerebral palsy, deaf/blindness, intellectual disability, multiple disabilities) from their perspectives. I also study teacher preparation for culturally responsive and sustaining inclusive education and family-school-community partnerships with and for families from diverse backgrounds. Equity, justice, interconnectedness, and accessibility are at the heart of my work.
As you read and explore this website, my hope is that you will see how my beliefs and actions concerning research, teaching, and service integrally inform one another. I see research as an avenue for expanding and/or rupturing dominant ideologies by following the lead of, learning from, and listening to traditionally multiply-marginalized communities. I pair service with teaching for meaningful, collaborative partnerships.
As you read and explore this website, my hope is that you will see how my beliefs and actions concerning research, teaching, and service integrally inform one another. I see research as an avenue for expanding and/or rupturing dominant ideologies by following the lead of, learning from, and listening to traditionally multiply-marginalized communities. I pair service with teaching for meaningful, collaborative partnerships.
