Alisha Butler

Dr. Alisha Butler is the Provost’s Equity Fellow in the College of Education Studies at Wesleyan. Her research investigates the overlapping ecologies of schools and neighborhoods that shape students’ and families’ schooling experiences, including how gentrification impacts public education and the politics of parent engagement in urban schools. Her research has appeared in the Urban Review of Education, the Peabody Journal of Education, and the Review of Research in Education.