I'm interested in how schools and education systems can be improved by centering students' voices--particularly the voices of students who have been marginalized in their educational settings--in conversations about reform, curriculum development, teacher and administrator hiring, educational research and policy, and school/district decision-making.

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Thakurta, A., Ogburn, L., & Rosado-Viurques, A. (2021). Minding the school-community leadership gap: Reframing for critical praxis. In K. Pak & S. Ravitch (Eds.), Critical leadership praxis for educational and social change. Teachers College Press.

Quinn, R., & Ogburn, L. (2019). Ideas and the politics of school choice policy: Portfolio management in Philadelphia. Educational Policy, 34(1), 144-165. https://doi.org/10.1177/0895904819881159