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Queer- and trans-spectrum college students, college student sense of belonging, curricular approaches to learning outside the classroom and residential curriculums, as well as the experiences of live-in professional staff within residential life and housing on college campuses. 

More specifically, Pamela is currently exploring queer- and trans-spectrum students' sense of belonging in on-campus residence halls, as well as how live-in professional staff within the residential setting can impact queer- and trans-spectrum students' sense of belonging.
Educational Policy and School Reform, History of Education, Philosophy of Education, Civic Education, Educational Law
Takes a critical theory analysis of curricular issues with a focus on the issues of race, class, and theories of social justice. Research includes a critical historical analysis of the history of the American Eugenics Movement in the early twentieth centu
Higher Education Policy, Teacher Education Policy, P-20 Education Pipeline and Alignment, College and Career Readiness.
Race and dis/ability; Postsecondary transition; Intellectual and developmental disabilities; ÀË»¨Ö±²¥-driven family interventions
Identification of academic resiliency factors among youth of color living in underresourced neighborhoods; interrogating queer blindfolded and other lenses that heterosexual identifying individuals adopt in support of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer concerns; racial bias among practicing mental health professionals; integration of social justice principles in the fields of counseling and counseling psychology.
English and Literacy Education with a focus on reader response, reading comprehension, and written communication.
Improvement Science, Leadership Development, Educator Preparation, the Achievement Gap
Research includes the effects of television on young people, the use of media in teaching, politics and policy development relative to educational technology, and humanistic aspects of educational media.
Analysis of administrative data and survey data obtained under complex sampling designs, multilevel latent variable models, tests of mediation within a multilevel framework