Research From the Inside Out

This page is home to my scholarly work—from my doctoral dissertation to future publications and ongoing projects. My research centers on military-connected adolescents and the families navigating the complexities of service life. It’s personal, purposeful, and always growing.

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Dissertation

2026

The Impact of Service Life on Military-Connected High School Students

Military-connected high school adolescents navigate some of the most demanding educational transitions, including relocations, parental deployments, and reintegration. Yet they remain among the most underexamined populations in educational research. This qualitative narrative inquiry explores how parents, educators, and administrators experience and understand the academic and socio-emotional disruptions military-connected adolescents face across time, relationships, and environments. The findings reveal that academic disruption is driven more by structural barriers than student ability, that emotional strain peaks during transitional periods, and that resilience often develops alongside fatigue. The study calls on educational leaders to strengthen transition policies, relational supports, and school practices that meet these students where they are.

Publication Forthcoming

Publications

Peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, and other scholarly contributions will be listed here as they become available.

COMING SOON

Ongoing Projects

Current research initiatives, collaborations, and ongoing projects will be shared here as the work progresses.