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On this episode of the E4E podcast, we catch up with Dr. Eric K. Layland, an assistant professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Sciences at the University of Delaware. Eric works in LGBTQ+ developmental research, bridging his research to community impact through developmentally-informed, affirmative interventions. Eric’s specific research areas of interest include LGBTQ+ within-group differences in mental health and unhealthy substance use, the impact of stigma on LGBTQ+ development, strengths-based approaches to LGBTQ+ health, and LGBTQ+ affirmative interventions. Eric will be discussing some of his research in multidimensional stigma amongst sexual minority men of color, as well as the impact of intersecting sources of stigma in the sexual and gender minority community.
Episode Based on:
Layland EK, Maggs JL, Kipke MD, Bray BC. Intersecting racism and homonegativism among sexual minority men of color: Latent class analysis of multidimensional stigma with subgroup differences in health and sociostructural burdens. Soc Sci Med. 2022 Jan;293:114602. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114602. Epub 2021 Nov 25. PMID: 34933242; PMCID: PMC9020748.Layland, E. K., Carter, J. A., Perry, N. S., Cienfuegos-Szalay, J., Nelson, K. M., Peasant-Bonner, C., & Rendina, H. J. (2020). A systematic review of stigma in sexual and gender minority health interventions. Translational Behavioral Medicine. 10(5), 1200-1210. DOI: 10.1093/tbm/ibz200More Information section:
Projects the Guest is working on:
The Queer Joy Project (survey at tinyurl.com/QueerJoyUS)LGBTQ+ Socialization Project (udel.edu/0010814)Policy impacting LGBTQ health and development: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-023-01818-2Eric’s Faculty Page: https://www.cehd.udel.edu/faculty-bio/eric-layland/
Eric’s CV: https://www.cehd.udel.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/LAYLAND-CV-August-2022.pdf
Eric’s Twitter: @eric_layland
Eric’s Email: layland@udel.edu

In this episode of the E4E Podcast, we are joined by Dr. Tia Barnes, an associate professor of human development and family sciences at the University of Delaware. Tia teaches courses related to special education, guidance and behavior, and social-emotional learning to both undergraduate and graduate students. Her research focuses on the social-emotional well-being of minoritized populations, utilizing social-emotional learning, culturally responsive pedagogy, and special education. Tia discusses her research on SEL interventions in urban schools, offering evidence-based directions for further research and implications for policy and practice.
Episode Based on:
Barnes, T.N. Changing the Landscape of Social Emotional Learning in Urban Schools: What are We Currently Focusing On and Where Do We Go from Here?. Urban Rev 51, 599–637 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11256-019-00534-1McCallops, K., Barnes, T. N., Berte, I., Fenniman, J., Jones, I., Navon, R., & Nelson, M. (2019). Incorporating culturally responsive pedagogy within social-emotional learning interventions in urban schools: An international systematic review. International Journal of Educational Research, 94, 11-28.More Information Section:
Tia’s email: tnbarnes@udel.edu
Tia’s Twitter: @drtianbarnes
Tia’s website: https://www.drtiabarnes.com/publications-1
Tia’s Faculty Page: https://www.cehd.udel.edu/faculty-bio/tia-barnes/
DDOE tools and crosswalk with SEL standards https://www.doe.k12.de.us/Page/4486
DDOE SEL instruction for adults https://www.doe.k12.de.us/Page/4351
CASTEL website, resource for SEL implementation https://casel.org/
Tia’s podcast for educators and parents talking about your own SEL wellbeing- The Scholarly Self Care Podcast https://www.drtiabarnes.com/podcast

On this episode of the E4E podcast, we are joined by Dr. Amanda Jansen, a professor in the School of Education at the University of Delaware. Amanda’s research primarily focuses on students’ engagement in mathematics classrooms and teachers’ learning from their reflections on their own practice. Having experience as a junior high mathematics teacher prior to her time at UD, Amanda is passionate about continually improving UD’s elementary mathematics teacher education courses through research and development work. Amanda discusses some of her recent research on secondary mathematics teacher perspectives on student engagement and her findings’ policy and practice implications.
More Information Section:
Episode Based on:
Jansen, A., Curtis, K., Mohammad Mirzaei, A., Cullicott, C. E., Smith, E. P., & Middleton, J. (2023). Secondary mathematics teachers’ descriptions of student engagement. Educational Studies in Mathematics.
Amanda’s email: jansen@udel.edu
Amanda’s Faculty Page: https://www.cehd.udel.edu/faculty-bio/amanda-jansen/
Amands’s CV: https://www.cehd.udel.edu/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/AJ_CV_2023.pdf
Amanda’s Recent Work
Rough Draft Math: Revising to Learn, Amanda’s book published by Stenhouse Publishers in March 2020.Smith, E. P., Kelly, J., Sappington, S., Warren, K., & Jansen, A. (2023). Using judicious telling to strengthen literacy in mathematics. Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PreK–12, 116(2), 115-123.Middleton, J. A., Wiezel, A., Jansen, A., & Smith, E. (2022). Tracing mathematics engagement in the first year of high school: Relationships between prior experience, observed support, and task-level emotion and motivation. ZDM -Mathematics Education, 55(2), 427-445.Projects Amanda is working on:
Jansen, A., & Center for Inquiry and Equity in Mathematics. (2023, accepted pending revisions). Entangling and disentangling inquiry and equity: Voices of mathematics education professors and mathematics professors. Journal of Urban Mathematics Education.Mohammad Mirzaei, A., Jansen, A., Fullmer, L., & Middlton, J. (accepted with revisions) Using teacher and student noticing to understand engagement in secondary mathematics lessons. School Science and Mathematics.

On this episode of the E4E podcast, we catch up with Dr. Brittany Zakszeski, an assistant professor specializing in school psychology in the School of Education at the University of Delaware. Brittany’s work focuses on students' mental and behavioral health via multi-tiered systems of support in schools. She discusses the use of school-wide positive behavioral supports to reduce discipline disproportionality and looks at the importance of equity-focused implementation of interventions.
More Information Section:
Episode Based on:
Zakszeski, B., Rutherford, L., Heidelburg, K., & Thomas, L. (2021). In pursuit of equity: Discipline disproportionality and SWPBIS implementation in urban schools. School Psychology, 36(2), 122–130. https://doi.org/10.1037/spq0000428
Resources mentioned:
Delaware PBS ProjectDelaware Multi-Tiered Systems of SupportBrittany’s Email: bnz@udel.edu
Brittany’s Faculty page: https://www.cehd.udel.edu/faculty-bio/brittany-zakszeski/
Brittany’s CV: https://www.cehd.udel.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Zakszeski-Vitae-2022-09-02.pdf
Projects the Guest is working on:
Project GROW (Growing Resilience, Opportunities, and Wellness in Delaware Schools) is a partnership between Delaware schools, university training programs and centers, and state and community agencies to advance training and practice in evidence-based, equity-centered school mental health service delivery within a multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS) framework. Funded by the United States Department of Education through the Mental Health Service Professional Demonstration Grant Program, Project GROW seeks to address two documented societal crises: (a) the prevalence of mental health needs among children and adolescents and (b) the shortage of school-based mental health professionals.The State Education Policy Analysis Project seeks to systematically identify, describe, and analyze the effects of state policies passed since 2016 that expand or restrict students’ access to racial/ethnic, gender, and sexual identity-affirming and -responsive policies and practices in educational settings.Brittany’s Work:
Zakszeski, B. N., Rutherford, L., Heidelburg, K., & Thomas, L. (2021). In pursuit of equity: Discipline disproportionality and SWPBIS implementation in urban schools. School Psychology, 36, 122–130. https://doi.org/10.1037/spq0000428 [Honorable Mention, School Psychology 2021 Article of the Year]Zakszeski, B. N., & Rutherford, L. (2021). Mind the gap: A systematic review of research on restorative practices in schools. School Psychology Review, 50, 371–387. https://doi.org/10.1080/2372966X.2020.1852056

On this episode of the E4E podcast, we join in on a conversation with Dr. Ken Shores, Arielle Lentz, and Dr. Bart Gill. Ken is an assistant professor specializing in education policy in the School of Education at the University of Delaware. His research is focused on educational inequality and encompasses both descriptive and causal inference. He addresses racial/ethnic and socioeconomic inequality in test scores, school disciplinary policy, classification systems, and school resources. Arielle is a second-year PhD student in the Education Statistics and Research Methods program at the University of Delaware’s School of Education. Bart is the Education Associate, AgriScience for the Delaware Department of Education. He oversees all Agricultural Education programs in the state as well as the Transportation, Distribution, and Logistics programs. Bart is responsible for assisting to advance agricultural education forward through improving agricultural education curriculum and assessment. Today, Ken and Arielle discuss their research on postsecondary educational and employment outcomes for students involved in Delaware’s Secondary Career and Technical Education Program and Bart provides an overview of Delaware’s CTE program, its practical effects for Delaware students, and describes the research needs of the Delaware Department of Education surrounding concentrator designations.
More Information Section:
Learn more about Ken’s Work:
Ken’s faculty page: https://www.cehd.udel.edu/faculty-bio/kenneth-shores/
Ken’s Website: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=x1gyyigAAAAJ&hl=en
Check out Ken’s articles for the Brookings Institution:
https://www.brookings.edu/people/kenneth-shores/
The New York Times 2018 The Numbers that Explain why the Teachers are in Revolt: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/04/upshot/school-funding-still-lags-after-recession-ended.html
The Economist 2019 What budget cuts during the Great Recession did to pupils’ test scores:
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2019/06/06/what-budget-cuts-during-the-great-recession-did-to-pupils-test-scores
Learn more about Arielle:
https://www.education.udel.edu/grad-student/arielle-lentz/
https://sites.udel.edu/ppe/about-us/our-team/entry/3/
Learn more about Delaware Pathways:
https://delawarepathways.org/
Add Bart’s email* Bart.Gill@doe.k12.de.us
Episode Based on: The Effects of Secondary Career and Technical Education (CTE) Programs on Postsecondary Educational and Employment Outcomes: Preliminary Research Findings

On this episode of the E4E podcast, we are joined by Dr. Allison Karpyn and Dr. Valerie Earnshaw. Dr. Allison Kapryn is the Co-Director of the University of Delaware at the Center for Research in Education and Social Policy (CRESP) and Professor in the Department of the Human Development and Family Sciences at the University of Delaware. Her work includes program evaluation methods, topics related to hunger, obesity, school food, supermarket access, and food insecurity. Dr. Valerie Earnshaw is an associate professor at the University of Delaware. Her work focuses on addressing associations between stigma and health inequities across the lifespan, particularly how stigma undermines health outcomes and what moderates these relationships. Today, Allison and Valerie will be discussing their research on the role of stigma in food inequalities, as well as the policy, practice, and research implications of that relationship.
More Information Section
Allison Karpyn:
UD Faculty Page: https://www.cehd.udel.edu/faculty-bio/allison-karpyn/
email: karpyn@udel.edu
Twitter: @AllisonKarpyn
Allison’s Work:
Pandemic-Era WIC Participation in Wilmington, Delaware: Participants’ Experiences and Challenges. - Center for Research in Education & Social Policy
Halverson, M. M., & Karpyn, A. (2022). WIC Participants’ Perceptions of the Cash-Value Benefit Increase during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Nutrients, 14(17), 3509.
Allison was on two other episodes of the E4E podcast:
Increasing food security: a look at the importance of nutritional equity for students and families with Dr. Allison Karpyn (S01 - E06)
Beyond More Benefits: A Look at the Evidence on the Effects of Increased Cash Value Benefits During The COVID-19 Pandemic on WIC-Participating Delaware Families (S04 - E01)
Valerie Earnshaw:
UD Faculty Page: https://www.cehd.udel.edu/faculty-bio/valerie-earnshaw/
Personal Website: https://earnshawlab.org/
email: earnshaw@udel.edu
Valerie’s Work:
Implementing Stigma Reduction Tools via a Popular Teletraining Platform to Reduce Clinician Stigma and Disparities in HIV Testing, Prevention, and Linkage to Care in Malaysia
Bamgbose Pederson, A., Earnshaw, V. A., Lewis-Fernández, R., Hawkins, D., Mangale, D. I., Tsai, A. C., Thornicroft, G. (in press). Religiosity and stigmatization related to mental illness among African-Americans and Black immigrants: cross-sectional observational study and moderation analysis. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease.
Valerie also co-hosts the podcast, Sex, Drugs & Science
@sexdrugsscience on Instagram for updates