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Dr. Xueli Wang (pronounced similar to “Shoo-lee Wong”) is the Barbara and Glenn Thompson Endowed Professor in Educational Leadership at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. She teaches graduate courses on community colleges, mixed methods research, and assessment in higher education. With a focus on community colleges and postsecondary STEM education, her program of research examines educational practices, …
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
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 …
Krystal L. Williams, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Higher Education in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis. She is the Director and Principal Investigator of the Education Policy and Equity Research Collective (Ed_PERC), which explores issues regarding race and public policy with an emphasis on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and …