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Thomas Drake is a Lecturer III at the University of Michigan's Marsal Family School of Education, where he has worked since 2013. He holds a Ph.D. in K-12 Educational Administration from Michigan State University, which he completed in 2023. Throughout his career, he has focused on reducing racialized and gendered harms within educational systems and processes. His scholarship and teaching center around examining the structures, policies, and contexts of learning organizations that affect the experiences and outcomes of historically marginalized identities. His current projects investigate school principals' experiences and the effectiveness of teaching evaluations in higher education. Drake employs both quantitative and qualitative research methods to inform his work. He is also involved in developing a Consumer Evaluation Tool for Educational Apps as part of a guided advisory board, aiming to create tools that evaluate educational applications based on research practices.
University of Michigan • Ann Arbor, Michigan
Lecturer in the Educational Studies program, focusing on K-12 educational leadership and administration.
University of Michigan • Ann Arbor, Michigan
Led academic program development within the Educational Studies program.
University of Michigan • Ann Arbor, Michigan
Oversaw educational leadership policy initiatives.
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science