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Mollie McQuillan is an Assistant Professor in Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis. Dr. McQuillan examines the intersection of educational policy, social relationships, and health of gender-expansive students and educators. Education Select Publications Select Awards and Honors
Kevin Lawrence Henry, Jr. is an award-winning scholar of race, racism, and education policy and practice. Dr. Henry is an Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. His interdisciplinary scholarship investigates the politics of education, specifically privatization in education such as school choice/market-based approaches to education. Dr. …
Dr. Welton is on sabbatical leave for the 2026-2027 academic year. Anjalé D. Welton is a scholar whose research examines how educational leaders dialogue about and address race and racism within school communities. Her work also highlights the role of student and community voice, leadership, and activism in driving educational reform and transformation. Dr. Welton …
Ain A. Grooms, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis Department at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. She studies K-12 educational equity, with a particular focus on equity and access for students of color and students from traditionally disenfranchised communities. She uses the intersection of race and place to examine the …
Christopher Saldaña is an assistant professor of K-12 educational leadership and policy analysis. Chris’s research examines the relationship between K-12 school finance and educational opportunity, focusing particularly on the educational experiences of minoritized and marginalized students. Chris uses multiple and mixed methods in his research. Education Select Publications Select Presentations
Dr. Aireale J. Rodgers is an Assistant Professor of Higher Education at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Drawing on frameworks from critical race studies and the learning sciences, Dr. Rodgers’ scholarship seeks to illuminate how people’s everyday (mis)understandings about race and racism shape learning across various higher education ecologies. Currently, she uses qualitative techniques to study …
Frank Fernandez is Associate Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He teaches graduate courses on organizational theory and education finance. His work emphasizes higher education’s potential for promoting the public good through three strands of research. First, concerned with the role of higher education in society, especially in regard …
Dr. Francesca López is the Jim and Georgia Thompson Distinguished Professor in the Department of Educational Policy and Leadership Analysis at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Her research centers on educational practices and policies that promote equity and belonging for historically marginalized students, particularly multilingual learners and students from racially and linguistically diverse backgrounds. She began …