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.

Dr. Leslie K. Etienne works in both the School of Education’s Teacher Education Department, and in the School of Liberal Arts, Africana Studies Program.

Natasha Flowers primarily teaches in the Elementary Education program. She has led university-school partnerships in Wayne Township and Indianapolis Public Schools.

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.

Taneshia Greenidge is from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Dr. Greenidge graduated with her Ph.D. in Counselor Education from the University of Florida. Dr. Greenidge has conducting bullying prevention research. She is also a License Mental Health Counselor

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.

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.

Brandy James is the Program Coordinator for Early Childhood Education. Her work focuses on the family partnerships and teacher collaboration of children with special needs in early childhood settings.

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.

Currently I teach in both the elementary teacher education program and the graduate program. The courses I teach focus on science, technology and research methods.

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.

Crystal H. Morton is currently an Associate Professor of mathematics education at Indiana University Purdue University at Indianapolis (IUPUI) and a member of the Enhancing the Effectiveness of Socially Transformative STEM Education (ES)² Research Program. Dr. Morton teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in Elementary and Secondary Mathematics Methods, General Secondary Methods, and Assessment in Schools.

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 Thị Nguyễn is an assistant professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at the Indiana University School of Education at Indianapolis. A native of San Antonio Texas and the daughter of Vietnamese refugees, Dr. Nguyễn's scholarly interests include spatial and cultural (re)production, vulnerable populations and practices of place-making in and around school settings, and the treatment of difference.

Dr. Pough is a former middle grades mathematics and social studies teacher and former school administrator with a background in business management. She enjoys bringing her experience, knowledge and skills into her career as a teacher educator.

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 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.

Dr. Cristina Santamaría Graff is an Assistant Professor of Special Education, Urban Teacher Education (Ph.D., University of Arizona, 2009) at IUPUI. She has expertise in bilingual/multicultural special education and critical communityengagement.

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.

My interests lie in the investigation of issues of race, class, power, and education policy influence classroom interactions. My current research explores anti-racist teaching for white students and culturally relevant/sustaining ELA practices.