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Process and outcome in counseling and psychotherapy groups; The therapy relationship: Working alliance, Real Relationship and Transference-Countertransference; Actor-Partner Interdependence Model applied to groups; Dyadic methods for analyzing the therapeutic relationship; Longitudinal analyses.
The political economy of educational policy and social change, how gender, race, and class intersect with educational and social inequalities.
child care and early education policy, early childhood education, young children's understanding of their early school experiences, teacher beliefs about development, Teacher Education
Severe and multiple disabilities, inclusion of children with severe disabilities into school/community settings, instructional methods, single subject design research.
Student leadership development, college student generational cohorts, leadership and futures issues in student affairs administration.
Teacher education program design, teacher assessment, English teaching methodology, secondary literacy.
Research focus: Social Justice, addressing the opportunity gap & educational debt; Restructuration of non-STEM content disciplines (civics, arts, humanities, social sciences) through critical data science & computational literacies, and constructionist computation using game-based learning (GBL), for grades 5-8.
Career choice and development; career self-management; work and life satisfaction; academic adjustment; counselor training and supervision; psychological adaptation and health across the lifespan; technology and the future of work
Behavior disorders, school discipline, school exclusion, education programs in institutional settings.
Discrimination and health disparities. Intersectionality theory, racism and sexism, gendered racism. Minority stress and coping. Black mental health. Black women's health.