Dr. Bea Staley is a Senior Lecturer in Special Needs and Inclusive Education in the College of Education. Bea’s teaching and research interests relate to equity in education systems, language development, early literacy, diversity and difference. She studies children and youth in context of their families, schools and communities. Bea holds a Master’s degree in Speech Language Pathology from the University of Iowa, and a PhD in Multicultural Equity Studies in Education from The Ohio State University. Bea’s research uses qualitative methodologies, such as narrative inquiry, to explicate the more nuanced features of lived experiences. Current projects include: The Grammar Assessment Test for English (GATE) primary school project; The Rural Oral Language & Literacy (ROLL) Project; Caregiver perspectives, a longitudinal study about the experiences of families with children with disabilities and their interactions with health and school systems.