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I am an Associate Professor and Program Coordinator of ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵPolicy and Law at Indiana University. I also coordinate the ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵLaw Certificate, , and Martha McCarthy ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵLaw and Policy Institute.

My research areas include special education legal and policy issues and legal literacy of school leaders and educators. I’ve published two books:  (Pearson, 2019) and  (Columbia University Teachers College Press, 2015) and two edited books:   and  (both published by ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵLaw Association, 2017).

As a legal columnist for NASSP’s , I’m especially interested in public scholarship and ensuring legal information is accessible to educators. My research has also appeared in Northwestern Journal of Law and Social Policy, West’s ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵLaw Reporter, American Journal of Education, Vanderbilt University's Peabody Journal of Education, Teaching Exceptional Children, BYU ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵand Law Journal, and Utah Law Review, among other publication outlets.

I became interested in special education policy when I was a teacher and behavioral consultant for students with autism. Discovering that systemic inequities often led to problematic litigation motivated me to earn a law degree from IU's Maurer School of Law and Ph.D. in ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵPolicy Studies from IU's School of Education. I also worked at Maurer's Family and Children Mediation Clinic, the Center for Evaluation and ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵPolicy, and the University of Cincinnati. From 2016-19, I served on the ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵLaw Association’s Board of Directors and continue to serve on a variety of national editorial boards and committees.

I am accepting Ph.D. student advisees with research interests that align with mine (i.e., PK-12 education law). Currently, I teach these school law courses to undergraduate, master's, doctoral, and law students: A308, A608, and A675. In 2022, I was inducted into IU’s Faculty Academy on Excellence in Teaching (FACET) and have received teaching awards including IU’s Trustees Teaching Award.