Ongoing Research

The Struggle for Democratic Spaces: Countering Anti-DEI and Anti-CRT Laws in Academic Environments
- Chapter selected for inclusion in Students, Campus, and Democracy: Advancing Democracy-Sustaining Learning in Higher Education
- Finalized chapter submitted; Awaiting Book Publication (Early 2025)
Leveraging Intersectionality for Equitable Change: Insights from Nontraditional Education Leaders
- R&R with Educational Studies
Chronicle of Civic Education Reforms from the Classroom to the Test Room:
An Event History Analysis (Part of Dissertation)
- Under Review with Education Policy Analysis Archive
The Bionic Educator: The Potential of Generative AI to Enhance the Legal Literacy of Teachers and School Leaders
- Under Review with Journal of Education Finance and Law
Mapping Policy Influence: Social Network Analysis of the Florida Empowerment Scholarship Program and Capital Sources
- Manuscript under Revision for Submission
- Updated version accepted to AERA 2025 Roundtable
- Initial version presented at EERA 2024 Roundtable
Augmented School Leadership: The School Law Knowledge of ChatGPT and Implications for School Leader Legal Literacy
- Preliminary results presented at UCEA 2023
- Finalizing manuscript for submission
A Deeper Look at Florida's Civics Education Bills: An Application of Natural Language Processing
- Preliminary results presented at FERA 2022
- Finalizing manuscript for submission
Exclusionary Discipline with Constrained Resources: Do Schools with Lower
Personnel to Student Ratios Use Exclusionary Discipline at Higher Rates?
- Preliminary results presented at FERA 2021
“ChatGPT, What’s our play?” Educational Leadership and Decision-Making in the Age of AI
- Finalizing manuscript for submission to
Exploring Barriers to Mental Health Service Utilization Among First-Generation College Students: A Secondary Data Analysis of the Healthy Minds Study
- Data Collection Stage
Evaluating NJLeadGPT: AI-Assisted Policy and Leadership Guidance for School Administrators
- Tool Creation Stage (Pilot Experiment Rollout by April 2025)