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.
Child Welfare Witness
Many scholars don’t get an opportunity during their entire career to testify on Capitol Hill. Ashley Lepse has already done so as a Master’s student at SSA.