ULEAD: Research Partners

Utah Leading through Effective, Actionable, and Dynamic (ULEAD) Education works with researcher partners, Utah institutes of higher education, and education organizations throughout the state. Partnerships between research institutions and K-12 practitioners are critical to the success of ULEAD.


Amy Auletto Research and Evaluation Associate Utah Education Policy Center, The University of Utah	Kim Austin Senior Program Associate Research-Practice Partnership Team, WestEd	Janice Bradley Assistant Director Utah Education Policy Center, The University of Utah	Mary Burbank Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies Teacher Education, Professional Development, Engagement, The University of Utah

Tye Campbell Assistant Professor Teacher Education & Leadership, Utah State University	Patricia Castillo Research Assistant II Regional Education Laboratory Program (REL) West, WestEd	Dale Cox Assistant Professor & Program Coordinator Education Leadership, Utah Valley University	Elizabeth A. Cutrer-Párraga Associate Professor Counseling Psychology and Special Education, Brigham Young University

Jake Downs Assistant Professor Literacy Education & Leadership, Utah State University	Parker Fawson Director & Emma Eccles Jones Endowed Chair in Early Education Center for the School of the Future, Utah State University	Nikola Filby Program Director Regional Education Laboratory Program (REL) West, WestEd	Aaron Fischer Dee Endowed Professor of School Psychology & Lab Director Technology in Training, Education, and Consultation (U-TTEC Lab), School of Psychology, The University of Utah

David Forbush Associate Director Center for the School of the Future, Utah State University	Cori Groth Associate Director Utah Education Policy Center, The University of Utah	Melissa A. Heath Associate Professor, retired Counseling Psychology and Special Education, Brigham Young University	Chathuri Illapperuma Coordinator of Research & Programming Technology in Training, Education, and Consultation (U-TTEC Lab), School of Psychology, The University of Utah

Brianne Kramer Associate Professor Teacher Education, Southern Utah University	Jennifer McKenzie Associate Professor Special Education, Southern Utah University	Kelli Munns Professional Practice Assistant Professor Instructional Technology & Learning Sciences Utah State University	Yongmei Ni Professor Department of Educational Leadership & Policy, The University of Utah

Nicole Pyle Associate Professor Adolescent Literacy and Secondary Education, Utah State University	Keith Radley Associate Professor Educational Psychology, The University of Utah	Tyler Renshaw Program Director Clinical Training of the School Psychology Specialization, The University of Utah	Laura Rogers Assistant Professor Department of Educational Leadership & Policy, The University of Utah

Andrea Rorrer Professor & Director The Utah Education Policy Center, The University of Utah	Richard Sudweeks Professor Instructional Psychology and Technology (IP&T) and Educational Inquiry, Measurement, and Evaluation (EIME), Brigham Young University	David Woo Assistant Professor Department of Educational leadership & Policy, The University of Utah	Michael Young Professor & Division Chair Division of Games, The University of Utah

Utah Institutions with a School of Education


Brigham Young University Center for the Improvement of Teacher Education and Schooling (CITES)	Brigham Young University McKay School of Education	Snow College Department of Education and Family Studies	Southern Utah University Beverley Taylor Sorenson College of Education and Human Development

University of Utah Utah Education Policy Center (UEPC)	University of Utah College of Education	Utah State University Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Humas Services	Utah Tech University Department of Teacher Education

Utah Valley University School of Education	Weber State University Jerry & Vickie Moyes College of Education	Westminster College School of Education


Regional Educational Laboratories West REL West, Institute of Education Sciences	Utah Teacher Fellows The Teacher Fellows	WestEd REL West at WestEd

Fact Sheets are designed to provide a broad, high-level look at a topic and demonstrate a possible selection of outliers that could be used to learn about practices in action for the topic. The identified outliers and methods may be shared with researchers interested in completing an Innovative Practice Report. Additionally, Fact Sheets may spark related inquiries that ULEAD can support researchers in investigating.


Multilingual Learners & Middle Grade Mathematics	Chronic Absenteeism & Achievement