Laura Valdiviezo’s interest is in re-conceptualizing and reforming schools as loci of change for social justice. Her work examines the role educators and youth play as political actors able to inform both policy and teacher education. She is also interested in the education of teachers and youth as researchers using inquiry-based practice for the advancement of teaching theory and pedagogy towards equity and anti-racist education.

The College of Education community is deeply saddened by the death of Florence Sullivan, who passed away on June 1, 2022. Read more about Florence's life. Visit our In Memoriam page.

Florence Sullivan's research focused on student collaborative learning with computational media. Specifically, Sullivan focused on collaborative creativity, problem solving, group dynamics and aspects of computational thinking as they manifest while playing with robotics or other computational media.

Kysa Nygreen’s research and teaching address topics of race, class, and culture in education; urban schooling; critical and anti-racist pedagogies; participatory action research; and educational ethnography.