Our Leads
Dr. Michael Hudson-Vassell
Dr. Hudson-Vassell is a quantitative education researcher with a background in educational leadership. His research interests include the schooling experiences of black students and the relationships between environmental factors and schooling outcomes.
Dr. Charisse Southwell
Dr. Charisse Southwell is an education researcher with a background in education leadership. Her research interests include cultural competencies in pre-service educators and the impacts of poverty on practitioner decision-making and student outcomes.
Dr. Thomas E. Moore
Dr. Thomas Moore is an education researcher with a background in higher education administration. His research interests include education policy, education as a civil right and cross-cultural mentorship in the academy.
Dr. Justin Hosbey
Dr. Justin Hosbey is a qualitative researcher with a background in ethnographic research and the digital and spatial humanities. His research interests include public education policy, economic inequality, and Black communities in the US South.