I use narrative inquiry to study multicultural education in diverse school contexts. I have engaged in a long term research project in an inner city school in Toronto, Canada. My particular focus in the school was on immigrant and ESL issues, programs that foster immigrant parental involvement, and contributions minority teachers make to schools and education. I also do research on teacher development. My current research focuses on teacher development related to developing multicultural awareness in international field experiences. I also do a project in Hong Kong in which I examine minority student and parent experiences after the passage of an anti-discrimination bill.

In my graduate teaching I use a narrative approach to understanding multicultural issues in education in the USA and internationally. I teach EDCI 585: Multicultural Education, usually in the spring term. My focus is on language, culture and identity issues. I also teach EDCI 684: Seminar in Curriculum focused on an array of research interests of my doctoral students. In my undergraduate teaching I use a narrative approach to understand issues of importance to beginning teachers. I coordinate EDCI 205: Exploring Teaching as a Career. I have also developed a Study Abroad Program in Honduras in Maymester. I have taught in Canada, Japan and Hong Kong as well as the USA.