Experts Guide

Cranston-Gingras is director of the Center for Migrant Education, and her whose work focuses on supporting children with disabilities and youth from migrant farmworker families through education and advocacy. She studies children who have been marginalized by schools and society including children with disabilities and those from migrant farmworker families.

Moore researches the attributes, dispositions and supports that contribute to the retention of urban educators, examining how individual qualities, leadership, school districts and policy impact their ability to thrive in challenging educational environments. Her recent scholarly work has addressed educator persistence and retention, the development of a robust urban teacher and leader pipeline and creating responsive, relevant classroom environments.

Kern's research focuses on policy with educational practice, reduction of aggressive behaviors in schools and implementation of multi-tiered systems of support. She practiced law for over ten years before studying special education.

Evanovich's research interests include multi-tiered systems of support for behavior with a focus on positive behavior interventions and supports. Specifically, she is interested in academic and behavioral interventions for students with and at-risk for emotional and behavioral disorders and to reduce the use of exclusionary discipline practices, including restraint and seclusion). She also studies the the use and integration of relationship based practices within a PBIS framework and evidence-based interventions for students with behavioral disorders.