Chad Lochmiller Author

Chad Lochmiller is currently an Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies. He received a Ph.D. from the University of Washington in 2010 with a specialization in leadership, policy, and organizations. His research currently focuses on issues related to K-12 educational leadership. Broadly, his research explores how leaders develop capacity to effect positive changes in teaching and learning. His research has been published in leading peer-reviewed journals and in edited volumes. Furthermore, his teaching supports certification, masters, and doctoral students in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies. Jessica Nina Lester, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Inquiry Methodology in the School of Education at Indiana University. Her scholarship focuses on the development and study of qualitative methodologies and methods, with a particular focus on language-based methodologies. She has also written extensively around doing qualitative research in digital spaces and the importance of centering disability in qualitative research practices.