Erin’s research interests include the status of teachers’ voices and influence, teacher preparation, teacher leadership, teacher career stages, the relationship between policy and teachers’ work, and the impacts of teacher working conditions on teacher performance. She taught various grades and levels of English Language arts for 11 years at a public, regional high school in Massachusetts…

Rae Stevenson is an Assistant Professor of Community, Youth, and Education Studies in the Department of Education at Clark University. Her research examines Black childhood, schooling, and grief through arts-based, participatory, and digital methodologies grounded in Black feminist, decolonial, and queer theory. Her dissertation, Twisted Garden, is a comics anthology co-created with seven Black high…

Aaron D. Haddock, M.Ed., Ph.D. serves as the Director of Behavioral Health Initiatives and Programs at the Mosakowski Institute for Public Enterprise (MIPE) at Clark University. MIPE is focused on creating an integrated behavioral health system of care that promotes social-emotional learning (SEL) and fosters resiliency among adolescents and young adults. To accomplish this, the…

Dr. Ward has worked extensively with high-risk as well as high-achieving urban youths and their families in a variety of capacities. She has designed and evaluated academic enrichment and competence-enhancing substance abuse and violence prevention programs in school and community settings. Additionally, Dr. Ward is a leader in comprehensive urban school reform efforts where she…

Carmen Ocón holds a B.A. in Elementary Education and a M.Ed. in Instructional Leadership with a focus on literacy, language, and culture from the University of Illinois at Chicago. She earned her Ph.D. in Education Policy Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She also holds a teaching certificate in elementary education, a middle-school…