Dr. Keonya C. Booker
Assistant Professor
College of Education
Department of Education Leadership
704-687-8873
kbooker3@uncc.edu

Dr. Booker’s research involves investigating correlates of academic achievement in ethnic minority adolescent populations.  Specifically, she is interested in how school engagement affects the academic performance of African American high school students.  She has authored several papers on this topic and hopes to continue her research in this area at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

Dr. Jose Gamez
Associate Professor
School of Architecture
704-687-4028
jlgamez@uncc.edu

Dr. Gamez is interested in focusing on impacts of cultural issues upon urban spaces.  Since 2002, he has been investigating the growth of Latino communities in Charlotte and the changes in various parts of the city that has arisen as a result of immigration from Latin America.  He has recently taken on the task of launching the Design & Society Research Center for the College of Arts and Architecture, which will act as the public outreach, research and off-campus venue for the college.

Dr. Robert L. Herman –Smith
Assistant Professor
College of Health & Human Services
704-687-7180
bherman@uncc.edu

Dr. Herman-Smith is interested in evaluation of programs from young maltreated children and their families.  He recently completed a study that explored the implementation of federal legislation directly child welfare agencies to refer maltreated children under the age of 3 to publicly funded early childhood intervention (ECI) programs.  The next phase of his research will examine why families are under-utilizing ECI programs.

Dr. Chuang Wang
Assistant Professor
College of Educational Leadership
704-687-8708
Cwang15@uncc.edu

Dr. Wang’s research interest focused on the academic achievement gap between at-risk students and not-at-risk students.  With previous support from the International Center of Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools he studied the achievement gap between English language learners with native speakers of English in elementary schools.  Currently he is collaborating with the Center for Civil Rights at UNC Chapel Hill to look at the achievement gap between at-risk youth attending CMS high schools and other CMS high school students.