Research Focus
My current research interests fall into two broad strands:​
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How white adolescents within the United States develop their ethnic-racial identity and how this relates to anti-racist attitudes, actions, and commitments in white youth.
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How processes and factors within U.S. school settings (i.e., teacher pedagogy, curricula, ethnic-racial socialization) support or hinder ethnic-racial identity development and anti-racist praxis.
Additional Interests
Within these two areas of my research, I am also interested in:
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Investigating measurement questions related to my constructs of interest.
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Integrating a critical whiteness lens and drawing on scholarship from critical race theory, critical whiteness studies, sociology and other disciplines into my work within developmental psychology.
Methods
I utilize both quantitative and qualitative methods to explore these topics, including but not limited to:
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Structural Equation Modeling Path Analysis
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Latent Profile Analysis and Latent Transition Profile Analysis
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Measurement Invariance
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Cognitive Validity Interviewing
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Consensual Qualitative Research
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Reflexive Thematic Analysis
