Current Research Projects
Free Speech in Pk-20 classrooms
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.
- Online modules for educators on Free Speech in K-12 schools (link to YouTube playlist)
- Fact sheet for K12 students and staff
- Fact sheet for Higher education
Title IX coordinators in K-12 schools in the #MeToo Era
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:
- Educational Policy Analysis Archives (see video summary below)
- Phi Delta Kappan
Funded Research Projects
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (2011-2014) $67,591, Insight Development Grant competition, Gender Creative Kids: Analyzing the Social, Educational, and Activist Worlds of Gender Nonconforming Children in Canada P.I. Kimberly Manning (Political Science, Concordia University); Co-investigators Elizabeth Meyer (Education, Education, California Polytechnic State U.), Annie Pullen Sansfaçon (Social Work, Université de Montreal).
Project Website: http://gendercreativekids.ca/
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (2012-2013) $40,819, Connection Grant competition, National Workshop on Gender Creative Kids. P.I. Kimberly Manning (Political Science, Concordia University); Co-investigators Elizabeth Meyer (Education, California Polytechnic State U.), Annie Pullen Sansfaçon (Social Work, Université de Montreal), Ann Travers (Sociology, Simon Fraser University), Shuvo Ghosh (Psychiatry, McGill University Health Centre)
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (2011-2014) $138,063, Standard Research Grant competition, National Survey of Canadian Teachers on Sexual and Gender Minority Inclusive Education. P.I. Catherine Taylor (Education/Rhetoric & Communications, U Winnipeg); Co-investigators Elizabeth Meyer (Education, California Polytechnic State U.), Tracey Peter (Sociology, U Manitoba), Janice Ristock (Associate VPR Research/Women’s & Gender Studies, U Manitoba), Donn Short (Law, U Manitoba).
Project Website: http://gendercreativekids.ca/
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (2012-2013) $40,819, Connection Grant competition, National Workshop on Gender Creative Kids. P.I. Kimberly Manning (Political Science, Concordia University); Co-investigators Elizabeth Meyer (Education, California Polytechnic State U.), Annie Pullen Sansfaçon (Social Work, Université de Montreal), Ann Travers (Sociology, Simon Fraser University), Shuvo Ghosh (Psychiatry, McGill University Health Centre)
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (2011-2014) $138,063, Standard Research Grant competition, National Survey of Canadian Teachers on Sexual and Gender Minority Inclusive Education. P.I. Catherine Taylor (Education/Rhetoric & Communications, U Winnipeg); Co-investigators Elizabeth Meyer (Education, California Polytechnic State U.), Tracey Peter (Sociology, U Manitoba), Janice Ristock (Associate VPR Research/Women’s & Gender Studies, U Manitoba), Donn Short (Law, U Manitoba).
CU Boulder, Women Investing in the School of Education (WISE) (2017-2018) $8,000, Deepening Collaboration and Professional Learning through Co-teaching
CU Boulder, Women Investing in the School of Education (WISE) (2016-2017) $8,000, Improving Student Teaching through Co-teaching
Cal Poly Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activities Grant (2015-2016) with Andrea Somoza-Norton (co-investigator)$14,000, Title IX Coordinators' perceptions of and preparedness for the job
American Educational Research Association – Education Research Service Project (2013-2014)$5,000, Initiating and Sustaining Educational Change: Implementing the FAIR Education Act and Seth’s Law
Cal Poly Extramural Funding Initiative (2013-2014)$14,000, Supporting Educational Change: Implementing the FAIR Education Act and Seth’s Law
Growing Together Initiative: Funding equality for our LGBT community (2012-2014) $1,000, Supporting FAIR Education Act Implementation Project Website: https://sites.google.com/site/faireducationactcurriculum/
CU Boulder, Women Investing in the School of Education (WISE) (2016-2017) $8,000, Improving Student Teaching through Co-teaching
Cal Poly Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activities Grant (2015-2016) with Andrea Somoza-Norton (co-investigator)$14,000, Title IX Coordinators' perceptions of and preparedness for the job
American Educational Research Association – Education Research Service Project (2013-2014)$5,000, Initiating and Sustaining Educational Change: Implementing the FAIR Education Act and Seth’s Law
Cal Poly Extramural Funding Initiative (2013-2014)$14,000, Supporting Educational Change: Implementing the FAIR Education Act and Seth’s Law
Growing Together Initiative: Funding equality for our LGBT community (2012-2014) $1,000, Supporting FAIR Education Act Implementation Project Website: https://sites.google.com/site/faireducationactcurriculum/
