Deborah Preach's research focuses on supporting and fostering the development of alternatively certified first-year teachers working in urban areas.

Founded by Professor Scott, CGEST is a one-of-a-kind research unit focused on exploring, identifying, and creating innovative scholarship about underrepresented women and girls in STEM.

Liou's research is interested in understanding the role of expectations, as ideology and social practice, naturalize and/or disrupt power relations between populations and knowledge systems.

Yalda M. Kaveh is an associate professor of Bilingual Education at MLFTC. Her work focuses on language policy, bi/multilingualism in (im)migrant families, family engagement in education, and culturally sustaining pedagogies.

Carrillo's work looks at the role of agency in historically marginalized communities, with a particular focus on Latinx students. He co-hosts the podcast Block Chronicles (BC).

A Clinical Assistant Professor at ASU , Magaña brings an authentic narrative to academia.

Innovative Leader in Education

I'm Dr. Joanna Simpson, Director of Instructional Design & QA at EdPlus. Former teacher, now higher ed leader. Wife, mom, dog lover, plant nerd, true crime fan—usually in my pool reading, writing, or knitting.