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 is pending approval by the University of Colorado Boulder Institutional Review Board - links will go live when approval is granted.]

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)