​My research examines how white adolescents within the United States develop their ethnic-racial identity and how this relates to  attitudes, actions, and commitments in white youth that support their positive participation in a pluralistic multiracial society. I also study how processes and factors within families and school settings (i.e., ethnic-racial socialization, teacher development, curricula and pedagogy) support positive youth development 

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I hold a Ph.D. in Education with a concentration in Human Development, Learning, and Teaching from Harvard University, an Ed.M. in Prevention Science and Practice from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and a B.A. in History from Boston College with a minor in secondary education.