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Dr. Carrie Sampson – Navigating School Board Politics: A Framework for Advancing Equity
August 22, 2025 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Join us on August 22 at noon (AZ Time) as special guest Carrie Sampson, PhD, discusses her book Navigating School Board Politics: A Framework for Advancing Equity.
Join us on August 22 at noon (AZ Time) as special guest Carrie Sampson, PhD, discusses her book At a time when school boards are ground zero for culture wars, public education is under attack, and students are caught in the crossfire, learning how to navigate school board politics is more important than ever.
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Carrie Sampson is an associate professor in the Division of Educational Leadership and Innovation at Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, Arizona State University. Her research focuses on educational leadership, policy, and equity from three interrelated perspectives — democracy, community advocacy, and politics. Drawing from a range of critical theories and employing mostly qualitative methods, Dr. Sampson’s published work includes peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, and policy reports on school boards, school desegregation, English learners, and community organizing in education. She has also received various awards and recognition for her scholarship, including the National Academy of Education/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship, Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship, American Educational Research Division A (Administration, Organization, and Leadership) Early Career Award, and the UCEA William J. Davis Award for the article entitled “(Im)Possibilities of Latinx school board members’ educational leadership toward equity.”