Carrie Sampson

Guiding Research Questions:

• How do educational policies and practices shape educational opportunities for minoritized communities? 
• How can we build community capacity and reframe leadership to expand educational opportunities for minoritized communities? 

Past Research Projects: 

• Dr. Sampson concluded a multiple-case study focused on three school boards located in the understudied region of the U.S. Mountain West.  The purpose of the study was to understand how school boards addressed policies/practices for emerging bilingual students. This study explored important issues of representation, democracy, and politics in terms of educational equity. 
• Together with a research team, Dr. Sampson is conducted a case study on the politics and impact of school district reorgranization in the U.S. West. In this work, we were interested in how restructuring influences educational equity and opportunities for minoritized students. 
• Dr. Sampson, with a research team, is conducted a study on the role of community advocacy in addressing equity directed at school boards within school board meetings. 
• Dr. Sampson explore various modalities to facilitate critical dialogue focused on educational equity in online courses. 
• Led by Dr. Sonya Douglass Horsford, Dr. Sampson co-conducted research on the history of school desegregation in Southern Nevada. 

Current Research Projects: 

• Dr. Sampson is co-conducting a research project to examine how open-choice policies in Arizona influence school board goverance related to educational equity. 
• Dr. Sampson is in the beginning stages of a study to explore the experiences, perspectives, and influence of Black, Indigeneous, and People of Color (BIPOC) school board members at the national level.