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Collective Scholars
We are a collective of scholars from diverse disciplinary, methodological, and positional backgrounds, engaged in a multimodal project to create equity and justice at the intersections of race, disability, and giftedness in schools. We aim to advance an interdisciplinary, historically situated, and intersectional research agenda; to make our work accessible to communities to dismantle ableism and racism in schools.
Brittany N. Anderson
Assistant Professor of Urban Education at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
Alexandra Aylward
Alexandra Aylward, Ph.D., is a research scientist in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy at the University of Texas at Austin.
Brenda Barrio
Dr. Brenda Barrio is Associate Professor of Special Education (Critical Perspectives) at the University of North Texas
Maggie Beneke
Maggie Beneke is an assistant professor in the College of Education at the University of Washington.
Mildred Boveda
Dr. Mildred Boveda is Associate Professor of Education at the Pennsylvania State University.
María Cioè-Peña
María Cioè-Peña earned her PhD in Urban Education from The Graduate Center - City University of New York, where she was also an Advance Research Collaborative and Presidential MAGNET Fellow.
North Cooc
North Cooc is an associate professor of special education and core faculty member in the Center for Asian American Studies at the University of Texas, Austin.
Rebecca A. Cruz
Dr. Rebecca A Cruz is an assistant professor at Johns Hopkins University in the Department of Innovative Teaching and Leadership, with a joint appointment in the Center for Safe and Healthy Schools.
Rachel Elizabeth Fish
As a sociologist of education, Dr. Rachel Fish studies the racialized and gendered constructions of disability and giftedness, how these processes are shaped by school context, and how they relate to educational inequality.
Jaret Hodges
Jaret Hodges is an Assistant Professor in Gifted Education at the University of North Texas. His research interests are in policy, equity, and rurality in gifted education.
Catherine Kramarczuk Voulgarides
Dr. Catherine Kramarczuk Voulgarides is Assistant Professor of Special Education at the City University of New York (CUNY)—Hunter College.
Michela Musto
Dr. Michela Musto, a white, queer, and non-binary person, is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of British Columbia.
Lilly B. Padia
Lilly B. Padía was raised in an interfaith, Russian-Jewish, white and Mexican American family in a predominantly Black city.
Dr. Holly Pearson
Dr. Pearson (any pronouns) has worked as a contingent Assistant Professor faculty in higher education teaching a variety of sociology and education courses around diversity, disability, social-spatial justice, and mental health.
Jennifer Phuong
Jennifer Phuong, Ph.D., is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Educational Studies at Swarthmore College.
Allison Roda
Allison Roda Ph.D. is Assistant Professor of Education in Molloy College's Educational Leadership for Diverse Learning Communities, Ed.D. program.
Jennifer Flores Samson
Jennifer Flores Samson is Associate Professor of Special Education at Hunter College.
Dara Shifrer
Dara Shifrer is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Portland State University.
Natasha Strassfeld
Dr. Natasha Strassfeld is an Assistant Professor of Special Education in the Department of Special Education at the University of Texas at Austin.
Adai Tefera
Dr. Adai Tefera (she/her) currently serves as an assistant professor of special education at the University of Arizona's College of Education.