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Dr. Welton's scholarship primarily examines the educational opportunity structures of low-income students of color and how institutional and social structures—such as race, social class, tracking, school administration, and teacher leadership—shape the connections low-income students of color make to educational resources, as well as impact how students navigate school and ultimately matriculate to postsecondary education. Her other research interests include exploring how scholars use critical policy analysis (race and social class intersections) as a methodological tool for uncovering issues of inequity as well as promoting agency and transformation in P-20 educational settings.

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