is an Associate Professor in the Simmons School of Education at Southern Methodist University. Informed by her experiences as a N.Y.C. public school teacher, her research examines student and family homelessness, family-school-community relations, and educational leadership. In particular, Pavlakis has studied student homelessness for over 15 yeas and has had the privilege of conducting and analyzing numerous interviews with youth and parents experiencing homelessness, as well as the school, district, and community providers who serve them.

is an Associate Professor of Education Policy in the Simmons School of Education at Southern Methodist University. Her research focuses on understanding how education policies perpetuate racial and socioeconomic inequality and segregation in public schools.

is an Assistant Professor in the Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services at Utah State University. A former school psychologist, her research focuses on the intersection of school leadership and policy, most often in rural or urban spaces, with an emphasis on connections between schools, families, and communities.