Background
Toni A. May is a Professor in the College of ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ and Public Affairs and Co-Director for Research and Evaluation at the ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ Couper-Owens Center for ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ Schools. She teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in program evaluation and research methods. Her scholarship centers on two core areas: (1) implementing design-based research processes to guide social science instrument development and validation across fields, and (2) applying rigorous quasi-experimental and mixed-methods approaches to assess the impact of educational initiatives—particularly in community school settings.