Audrey A. Trainor, PhD, professor of special education, teaches qualitative research methods and special education teacher preparation courses. After an early career as a high school special educator, she focused her research on equity and special education transition policies, procedures, practices, and perspectives.

Lindsay E. Romano, MS, is a former high school special education teacher and current doctoral candidate at New York University. Her research aims to disrupt inequities at the intersections of racism, ableism, and linguicism, studying how teachers perpetuate/disrupt inequities and how mindfulness-based practices can advance social justice in classrooms.

Lynn A. Newman, EdD, Principal Education Researcher at SRI International, has more than 30 years of research experience focused on improving access and opportunity for students and young adults with disabilities through identifying the high school and postsecondary experiences linked to positive outcomes for all individuals with disabilities.