- Art Education and Development
- Participatory Visual Research Methods
- Diverse Educational Innovations Studies
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Posthumanist Ethics and Activism
- Health Policy Implementation Science
- Critical Race Theory in Education
- Ideological and Political Education
- Parental Involvement in Education
- Creativity in Education and Neuroscience
- Career Development and Diversity
- Empathy and Medical Education
- Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography
- Collaborative Teaching and Inclusion
- Higher Education Practises and Engagement
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Migration, Refugees, and Integration
- Evaluation of Teaching Practices
- Educational and Psychological Assessments
- Innovative Education and Learning Practices
- Disability Education and Employment
- Music Therapy and Health
- Historical Gender and Feminism Studies
- Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics
- Artistic and Creative Research
University of Vermont
2003-2023
Appalachian State University
2006-2014
Abstract Background Chronic diseases that drive morbidity, mortality, and health care costs are largely influenced by human behavior. Behavioral conditions such as anxiety, depression, substance use disorders can often be effectively managed. The majority of patients in need behavioral seen primary care, which has difficulty responding. Some practices providing integrated (IBH), where providers work together, one location, using a team-based approach. Research suggests there may an...
A longitudinal policy analysis was undertaken in four schools to explore the degree which positive outcomes associated with a 1990 state on education reform had been sustained context of subsequent policies emphasizing standards-based and school accountability. The shifting supported sustainability initial such as increased use educational support systems teams, but increases referrals special more restrictive placements. Findings suggest need recognize shared well competing goals among...
This autoethnographic text invites readers into identity work at the interstices of growing up working class and becoming an academic. Influenced by mystory scholarship, author has crafted a performance-oriented “ourstory” that blends academic, personal, biographical, popular culture discourses. Following introduction, presents four scenes chronicling her own one research participant's moments from precollege through present day. The uses wideangle lens to view social dimensions being...
AbstractIn this article, I place my ethnographic project among undergraduate university art students and their professor in dialog with Rosi Braidotti's figuration of the nomadic subject her reflections on importance creating theoretical alternatives for mapping embedded embodied social positions that we inhabit. As educational interlocutors, college must negotiate expectations categorizations about age-appropriate relations, career paths, identity passageways, which are always already...
A policy implementation study 1 was undertaken in 65 schools order to explore practices and outcomes related state policies requiring establish comprehensive educational support systems teams. The purpose of these teams enhance the capacity students with diverse needs general education classrooms greatest extent possible. focus ways which school principals played a role facilitating development effective following four themes leadership emerged identified as most highly developed their...
The necessities and benefits of reflexivity are now well laid out in the broader social science literature, American Evaluation Association's (2004) Guiding Principles for Evaluators identify reflective practices that evaluators expected to carry out. This article uses context university classroom a writing sample demonstrate how disciplined self-reflection can help students examine personal perspectives surface during research process monitor bias. Failure develop maintain stance result...
What possibilities for thinking and expression lie suspended between what we say is a “something” or “someone” the forces, multiplicities, intensities, uncanny relations that effect constitute its naming—its sedimentation as such? How do engage in analysis practices help hold open identitarian thought’s press so might learn from embodied register of previously un-thought forces creative rhythms; material-discursive passageways life becoming life? In this essay, author introduces...
<h3>PURPOSE</h3> Patient outcomes can improve when primary care and behavioral health providers use a collaborative system of care, but integrating these services is difficult. We tested the effectiveness practice intervention for improving patient by enhancing integrated (IBH) activities. <h3>METHODS</h3> conducted pragmatic, cluster randomized controlled trial. The combined redesign, quality improvement coaching, provider staff education, learning. At baseline 2 years, at 42 practices...
We conducted a study using mixed methods to explore implementation of reform legislation and related outcomes for students with disabilities those placed at risk school failure. Designed promote equal educational opportunities, the included provisions (a) redistributing state funding so that schools would have more access resources (b) requiring all adopt use standards standards-based assessments. Almost one fourth public in participated study, including gained, lost, or were not affected by...
This case study describes how a high-poverty, linguistically and culturally diverse elementary school came to embed mindfulness in its curriculum what adults perceived be the outcomes of program on students’ well-being. qualitative is based 25 interviews with teachers, administrators, community members; classroom observations; relevant documents. Participants indicated that practicing improved student well-being through greater self-awareness increased ability articulate their emotions...
In this article, the authors illustrate efforts toward adopting methods germane to emerging field of sociomaterial studies while examining integration schoolwide mindfulness practices. Informed by a posthumanist perspective, in education work reveal ways which bodily and other material aspects educational practice are entangled with social contexts schooling. Significance discussion includes study’s methodology shift conventional humanist models for researching meanings held students,...
This article shares the outcomes of a participatory art-based inquiry conducted during stay-at-home orders due to COVID-19 and impact on mental health well-being college-age students (age 18–21) in United States. Participants engaged artmaking sessions alongside researchers respond prompts geared help them process their experiences. Findings that emerged from project suggest practices community setting may support navigating times great uncertainty by offering participants chance express...
Abstract Background Integrating behavioural health care into primary practices may increase patients’ access to services and improve outcomes. However, few studies have explored factors that influence integration processes. Objective We sought better understand contextual support or impede in practices. Methods conducted 71 semi-structured interviews with providers, staff, leaders from eight the United States integrated services, which were participating a randomized control, pragmatic...
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In this article, the authors2 examine generative, yet heretofore under-articulated convergences and divergences between eld of expressive arts (EXA) sub-genre arts-based research known as a/r/tography. Experimenting with discursive practical terrain two elds, authors discuss what they see sense potentiality for an EXA-informed variant a/r/tographic informed by new materialist theoretical perspectives. Overall, work aims to contribute expanding dialogue among researchers who are reaching...