In this article, the authors explore how their intersectional identities as Black immigrant/immigrant descendent women academics inform their research epistemologies in relation to who they are, what they research, and how they perform research. Through the intersections of race, migration, gender, and class they explore four key themes: (1)…

There has been a longstanding concern about the relationships between policy, funding and theatre practice in educational and community settings. Past scholarship has made evident the varied ways a relationship with policy can manifest and play out in the political, pedagogic, aesthetic and ethical values, approaches and outcomes of applied…

The rapid increase in online instruction in higher education has heightened concerns about cheating. We use a randomized control design to test whether informing students that we can detect plagiarism reduces cheating. We further test whether informing students they have been caught cheating reduces subsequent cheating. We find informing students…

This study sought to extend the knowledge of the real-world application of leadership practices relevant and responsive to commonly marginalized students. This study focused on leadership practices of school leaders including principals and assistant principals through the lens of the theoretical framework crafted by Muhammad Khalifa (2018) titled…

Joint efforts by the Government of Nepal, development partners and key stakeholders to achieve SDG 4 by 2030 have improved education access, participation and retention. However, learning outcomes in Nepal remain stagnant. What resources and contextual factors are associated with good school performance in Nepal? By merging and analyzing existing…

Although there has been an increase in initiatives and programs aimed at increasing physician diversity, the number of Black male medical school applicants, has not risen since 1978. Understanding the absence of Black males in medicine is critical considering the disproportionate preventative care and life expectancy of the Black population, which…

This study attempts to fill the gap in the digital badging literature through uncovering faculty members' perceptions of digital badges designed for professional development purposes. It also explores faculty experiences in a digital badging program offered at a university in the United States and attempts to identify the factors contributing to…

Minority teachers are not in abundance in our nation. For the few that exist (compared to the vast number of Caucasian teachers), some are moving to small and rural predominantly White communities. For a person of color, this can bring a set of challenges unique to that person which can determine their desire to stay. Inquiry into the challenges,…

This qualitative, multiple case study examined the factors that affect classroom experiences of trans* college students in the United States pursuing associate, bachelor's, master's, or doctoral degrees. Participants included 19 students with a variety of trans* identities attending various institutions across the United States. I conducted…

Asynchronous Online Discussions (AODs) are often used to encourage online learner participation as they are believed to approximate the verbal interactions of face-to-face (F2F) learning environments while facilitating learners' metacognitive and critical thinking skills (Deng and Tavares, 2013). Despite mixed and somewhat context dependent…

This critical qualitative study explores refugee women and higher education (HE), an understudied area, to establish a foundation within HE to trouble refugee women's educational exclusion. Despite 79.5 million refugees globally (UNHCR, 2020), mixed responses persist, particularly amid authoritarianism in the U.S. evidenced by decreased…

This study explored student perceptions regarding persistence in online coursework at the community college level. Using a case study design and thematic analysis, the researcher conducted focus group interviews and then identified themes related to the academic, economic, and social supports and barriers that impacted student persistence at one…

This study measures the effect of an autism training program, Surpassing Obstacles Autism Retreat (SOAR), on empowerment outcomes of 49 parents/caregivers of autistic youth from the state of Maryland in the United States. A retrospective causal-comparative design was used to collect and analyze secondary data about SOAR training participants and…

Despite initiatives to support women in STEM, men still outnumber women in math-intensive fields, and women in mathematics express that they are "on the outside looking in." Prior mathematics anxiety research has investigated links to performance, and neuroscientists, psychologists, and educational researchers have found gender…

Frequent principal changes in a secondary school can have a significant impact on teachers. The purpose of this qualitative study was to determine how teachers' perceptions are influenced by principal behaviors during a leadership transition. The researcher investigated what types of leadership behaviors influence teacher perception during a…