Courses
- 43300 The Exceptional Child
- 41600 Public School Systems and Service Populations
Job Experience
- Principal Investigator, When Ninth Grade Teachers Meet Ninth Grade Students: Exploring the Role of Teacher-Student Relationships in the Transition to High School (Dissertation Research Project), School of Social Service Administration, The University of Chicago
- Community Schools Program Director, Jones College Prep
- Research Assistant, Chicago Postsecondary Transition Project, School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago
- Research Assistant & Facilitator, Healthy Youth Program, Institute for Juvenile Research, The University of Illinois at Chicago
- Program Trainer, The Posse Foundation, Chicago
Fields of Special Interest
- Adolescent Development
- Academic and Social Supports During the Transition to High School
- School-Community Agency Partnerships
- Youth Mentorship and Leadership Development
- School Social Work Professional Development
Publications or Presentations
- Brake, A., Teigiser, K. (2011). Right from the start: Teaching and relationships in social work education. Doctoral Teaching Workshop, School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
- Nagaoka, J., Deutsch, J., Brake, A., & Roderick, M. (2008). CCSR's 2007 AVID Reports for Chicago Public Schools. Chicago: IL. Consortium on Chicago School Research at the University of Chicago.
- Roderick, M., Brake, A. Nagaoka, J. (2007). Bringing AVID to Chicago: Ninth Grade Outcomes in a Large, Urban School District. Paper presentation for the American Educational Research Association Annual Conference. Chicago, IL.
- Nagaoka, J., Brake, A. (2007). The Arrival of AVID in Chicago: Preliminary Ninth Grade Outcomes. Presentation given at the Illinois Education Research Council Annual Symposium. Oak Lawn, IL.