Democracy and Equity in Education Politics
The aim of the Democracy and Equity in Education Politics (DEEP) research group is to better understand the democratic politics of educational equity and justice, including policies and movements meant to advance equity and justice as well as those that may be serving as barriers. We ask: How do people engage in the politics of education policymaking? What do people believe about these types of policies, why do they hold those beliefs, and why do those beliefs matter? Finally, how do people translate those beliefs into action? Current projects include (but are not limited to) investigations of citizen attitudes toward the Stop CRT Act, the rights of transgender youth, student social movements, and the framing of affirmative action
Core Team Members
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Richard Blissett
Principal Investigator
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Kourtney Clark
Graduate Assistant, Educational Administration and Policy
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Caprial Farrington
Graduate Assistant, Educational Administration and Policy
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Joseph-Emery Kouaho
Graduate Assistant, Educational Administration and Policy
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Shuyang Wang
Graduate Assistant, Educational Administration and Policy
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Isha Gohel
Undergraduate Assistant, Biology
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Kayla Goodridge
Undergraduate Assistant, Sociology
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Catalina Macedo Giang
Undergraduate Assistant, Geography
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Medha Romee Maitra
Undergraduate Assistant, Genetics, Sociology, Art
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Daniel Schultz
Undergraduate Assistant, Political Science
Team Member Presentations
Association for Public Policy and Management, November 2022 (Washington, DC):
Kourtney Clark - “It seems to be like, polarizing”: Opinions on critical race theory in schools
Shuyang Wang - Exploring a generalizable framework for understanding attitudes toward targeted policies
Midwest Political Science Association, April 2022 (Chicago, IL):
Daniel Schultz - Precedent, prejudice, and politics: Exploring the relationships between law and support for transgender rights
UGA Center for Undergraduate Research Opportunities Symposium, April 2022 (Athens, GA):
Kayla Goodridge - Desegregation efforts in public education
Catalina Macedo Giang - Providing opportunity and equity: Metro Nashville Public Schools’ debate on school choice
Daniel Schultz - Precedent, prejudice, and politics: Exploring the relationships between law and support for transgender rights
Association for Education Finance and Policy, March 2022 (Denver, CO):
Shuyang Wang - Critically reconsidering race and causality in quantitative education research
Previous Team Members
Note: This list includes any team members who worked with us for more than one semester.
Ahreum Lim, Graduate Assistant, Learning, Leadership, and Organization Development
Paola Garcia, Undergraduate Assistant, International Affairs and Political Science
Roberto David Ortiz, Undergraduate Assistant, Sociology
Mohona Mandal, Undergraduate Assistant, Sociology and Psychology