NEW STUDY: Educators Supporting Students Engaged in LGBTQIA Advocacy & Activism

I am currently recruiting participants for a new study during the 2022-23 school year. If you are an educator who has worked at a school in Colorado in the past 5 years (since 2017) and have worked to support students (grades 6-12)  engaged in LGBTQIA+ advocacy or activism, I want to hear from you! For more details about participation, please read this information sheet and then complete this Google Form.
This study has approval by the University of Colorado Boulder Institutional Review Board.

Recent Research Projects

Meyer, E.J., Leonardi, B., & Keenan, H.B. (2022). Transgender students and policy in K-12 public schools: Acknowledging historical harms and taking steps toward a promising future. Boulder, CO: National Education Policy Center. 


​Free Speech in Pk-20 classrooms (2019-2020)
I am analyzing data from surveying and interviewing classroom teachers and university faculty about their experiences with free speech or controversial "speech acts" in their classroom and learning spaces since 2015. I have used this data to develop a series of online modules and workshop materials for K-12 and higher education professionals. This project started as part of my fellowship with the National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement in 2018.
Title IX coordinators in K-12 schools in the #MeToo Era (2018)
This project started by interviewing a small group of Title IX coordinators about their perceptions of and preparedness for this role in their school district. We have completed a national survey of Title IX coordinators to see if the findings from our pilot study are reflected in a larger sample of professionals. Publications:

Transgender & Gender-Creative Kids in PK-12 schools: What we can learn from their teachers (2016)