Professional Summary
Maddie graduated from Miami University in 2019 with a B.S. in Early Childhood Education. Following graduation, she worked as an elementary school teacher and K-2 team leader in Charlotte, North Carolina. In 2023, she simultaneously obtained a graduate certificate in Anti-Racism and her M.Ed. in Urban Education from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNCC). At UNCC, her work centered on school discipline policies and practices in K-8 settings. As a practitioner, she implemented restorative practices in her classroom and engaged in practitioner action research to further refine and improve her classroom practices.
Currently, Maddie is a doctoral student in the Educational Studies program at the University of Cincinnati. Her concentration within the program is Educational and Community-based Action Research. Influenced by her classroom teaching experience, Maddie is passionate about work and outcomes that seek equity and justice for K-12 students. She is particularly interested in restorative justice in education, teacher-student relationships, and the disruption of the school-prison nexus through participatory and arts-based research approaches, working alongside youth and practitioners in K-12 settings.
Education
Bachelor of Science: Miami University Oxford, OH, 2019 (Early Childhood Education)
Master of Education: University of North Carolina at Charlotte Charlotte, NC, 2023 (Urban Education)
Research and Practice Interests
School-to-Prison Pipeline; School Discipline Policies; Equity in K-12 Education; Student Voice; Participatory Action Research; YPAR