Michael is a Ph.D. candidate in the Dept. of Educational Psychology at the University of Kansas and the Lead Researcher for Multistudio.He uses his classroom experience and research training to connect research directly to school outcomes.His training in quantitative methods, including QuantCrit methodology and structural equation modeling, has allowed him to publish internationally in peer-reviewed journals and earn recognition as a 2022 EDRA CORE recipient with merit honors. Michael is a co-author of the UDL Deck of Spaces, Early Childhood Edition, a toolkit to align space design for young children with the learning framework of Universal Design for Learning.