Dr. Bang’s research interest includes multicultural school counseling, career development of minority populations, and school-familycommunity
collaboration.

I am interested in issues of equity and educational change in mathematics and language education as they relate to pedagogy, policy, and teacher education.

I have spent the past 20 years as a public school teacher in both North Carolina and Illinois. It is my passion to now teach future teachers the skills necessary to be successful  in the classroom.

I have worked as a school counselor and in private practice, served as the school counseling consultant for the state Department of Education, taught at IUPUI and Ball State, and currently consult with school counseling programs throughout Indiana.

This is my tenth year teaching in higher education, the past 3 years as Assistant Clinical Professor of Social Studies and Teacher Education at IUPUI. My passion is developing curriculum and teaching interns to do the same with authentic learning tasks and critical thinking.

Dr. Jasmine Graham is an Assistant Professor of Counseling and Counselor Education. Her area of interest includes comprehensive and transformation urban school counseling, school-family-community collaboration.

I became interested in second language learning during the summers of 1999 and 2000, while working as a volunteer with post-disaster relief efforts in Nicaragua. My team and I developed and delivered literacy projects in elementary Spanish for orphaned children in the aftermath of Hurricane Mitch.

Dr. Hayes’s research interest includes the use of Critical Race Theory in Education, Historical and Contemporary Issues in Black Education to include the school to prison pipeline, Teaching and Learning in the Latino Community, Whiteness and the Intersections of Sexuality and Race.

Shehreen Iqtadar is a Visiting Clinical Assistant Professor of urban Teacher Education program at Indiana University School of Education at Indianapolis (IUPUI), and doctoral candidate of Education (University of Northern Iowa, 2022).

I have been a professional educator for over 24 years. Prior to joining the academy, I was an elementary teacher and taught first, second, and third grades. As a teacher educator, I draw upon my own classroom teaching experiences focusing on the complexities of teaching diverse learners and attending to social justice issues pertaining to the marginalization of children in U.S. schools.

Lasana D. Kazembe is an Assistant Professor in IUPUI's School of Education (Dept. of Urban Teacher Education) and in the Africana Studies Program. He is a scholar of Urban Education, Global Black Arts Movements, and the Black Intellectual Tradition.

My focus in course work for the School of Education involves examining the social, philosophical, and historical dimensions of education; and introducing first-year students to the field of education.

My research is concerned with educational access, participation, and outcomes for students, with particular attention to the ways in which systemic factors, including educational policy and educators practices, converge in classrooms to shape the experiences of underrepresented students, including those identified with disabilities.

Dr. Magee has a PhD in Physical Chemistry from the City University of New York. After a postdoctoral position at Eli Lilly & Co, Dr. Magee earned her Indiana teaching license at IUPUI. She is currently a Clinical Professor in Science Education.

Brendan Maxcy is Associate Professor of Urban Education Leadership and Policy Studies at the Indiana University School of Education at IUPUI. He currently serves as Associate Dean of Research and Faculty Development. As Chair of Graduate Programs, Coordinator of Educational Leadership Programs and Director of the Urban Principals Program, he’s helped lead the School’s effort to prepare school, district and state-level leaders employing equity-focused, anti-oppressive practices.

My professional interests center on urban schools, specifically the damaging effects of poverty, that disadvantage, disenfranchised and dispossess students, their families, and the community.

Dr. Morton is an Associate Professor of Math Education. Her scholarly work focuses on secondary math education with an emphasis on the role of informal STEM learning in fostering equitable and transformative learning experiences for Black girls.

As clinical professor in the Educational Leadership Program, Dr. Murphy teaches courses in educational leadership and evaluation. His research interests include school improvement, teacher evaluation, special education, and school effectiveness.

Thu Sương Nguyễn is an associate professor of Urban Education Leadership & Policy and currently serves as department chair. The daughter of Vietnamese refugees, her scholarly interests include critical management studies and vulnerable communities.

Dr. Price's research and teaching focus on supporting the development of purposeful practices based in critical reflection with technology to support good and just teaching by preservice and inservice teachers.

Pat Rogan is a Professor Emerita in the area of special education. She has been a public school teacher, Transition Coordinator, and university faculty member for 30 years, with interests in secondary education, transition, supported employment, and organizational change. Pat consults nationally and internationally with schools, adult services, and state leaders to promote positive practices and systems change.

Erin Sanborn is a Visiting Lecturer in the Urban Teacher Education Program at Indiana University School of Education at Indianapolis (IUPUI), and a Doctoral Candidate of Urban Education Studies (Indiana University School of Education at Indianapolis)

Dr. Cristina Santamaría Graff is an Associate Professor of Special Education, Urban Teacher Education. She has expertise in bilingual/multicultural special education and applies her skills in working with families of children with disabilities.

Dr. Jim Scheurich is an anti-racist, community activist scholar committed to addressing the institutional and systemic inequities and injustices in educational and community contexts. His scholarly interests include anti-racism, equity, and inclusion in schools and communities and qualitative research epistemologies and methodologies.

I am an Associate Professor and the Director of Urban Educational Leadership & Policy Program. My research focuses on organizational politics of urban school leadership, particularly in Latinx school communities.

My research interests are aimed toward literacy practices and how contexts influence learning of adolescents in urban environments.

I am a former elementary teacher, literacy coach and curriculum designer. I taught middle school literacy and social studies in Chicago Public Schools for seven years.

My research and teaching focus on preparing K12 teachers to work with multilingual learners. Under this umbrella, I publish on innovative program development, urban English as a New Language teacher preparation, and pedagogical coaching.

In general, I study and develop theory about the psychological impacts of racism on people. More specifically, I study and try to help promote the ability of people to create the kind of change that is necessary in developing genuine, positive mental health and a more just society.

My research focuses on all aspects of mathematics teaching and learning with Latinas/os through the framework of mathematics and language socialization processes, or Mathematics Discourse Communities.