Jeremy Price

Infrastructures for Empowering Community-School Networks to Promote Equitable and Inclusive Change

Public schools play a pivotal role in shaping our future, preserving our history, nurturing informed citizens, and serving as vital community centers. However, they can also be places where children, especially those from marginalized communities, encounter challenges and trauma. Families often face difficulties advocating for their children's unique needs, cultures, languages, and traditions.

Dr. Jeremy Price works on creating equitable, inclusive, and supportive learning environments through community-engaged research. He and his team have partnered with families, educators, and institutions on projects like a statewide initiative for culturally responsive remote teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic, and efforts in the Near East Side of Indianapolis to develop place-centered, culturally sustaining STEM learning environments. Dr. Price's work to transform theoretical frameworks from the social studies of science and technology into practical strategies and concrete infrastructures for effective community collaboration is another excellent example of how IU Indianapolis's faculty members are TRANSLATING their RESEARCH INTO Practice.