Dr. Tony L. “Poppy” Talbert is a respected leader and methodologist in the fields of Qualitative Research and Mixed Methods Research. He has collaborated with his faculty peers across the nation and around the globe in the development and implementation of multiple academic and professional development enterprises that provide a strong foundation of qualitative research and analysis theory and practice for both experienced and emerging scholars. He is currently engaged in multiple teaching and research projects with faculty colleagues and students examining the theoretical and applied ideas of qualitative and mixed methods data as a means to data-driven discourse that informs and engages the public.

For further information on Dr. Talbert's teaching and research in the areas of qualitative research design and analysis, social/cultural studies education (e.g., education as democracy), and, public education policy and practice, please contact him via email at Tony_Talbert@baylor.edu and/or http://soefaculty.baylor.edu/tony-talbert/

Dr. Tony L. "Poppy" Talbert is a Professor of Social/Cultural Studies Education and Qualitative Research in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction in the School of Education at Baylor University. Dr. Talbert refers to his field of research and teaching as Education As Democracy which integrates social/cultural foundations and philosophies of education, equity, diversity, inclusion, and democracy education into a focused discipline of qualitative and ethnographic inquiry examining school and community stakeholder empowerment through activist engagement in political, economic, and social issues. Dr. Talbert's 36 years as an educator and 28 years as a national and international scholar of impact, have provided him with a depth and breadth of knowledge and experiences that inform his research and practice in education improvement and renewal.

For further information on Dr. Talbert's teaching and research in the areas of qualitative research design and analysis, social/cultural studies education (e.g., education as democracy), and, public education policy and practice, please contact him via email at Tony_Talbert@baylor.edu and/or http://soefaculty.baylor.edu/tony-talbert/

Dr. Tony L. “Poppy” Talbert is a research and teaching scholar in the fields of Qualitative Research and Social and Cultural Studies Education. Dr. Talbert is pursuing several research projects focusing on the concept of critical consciousness as a foundational value in progressive professional practice. This research focus includes projects examining data-driven activism in education through critically conscious qualitative research; critically conscious reciprocal mentoring as a model for disrupting hierarchical structures of power in higher education; and, models of critically conscious student and teacher empowerment that exemplify democratic values and practices fostered through a robust system of public education.

For further information on Dr. Talbert's teaching and research in the areas of qualitative research design and analysis, social/cultural studies education (e.g., education as democracy), and, public education policy and practice, please contact him via email at Tony_Talbert@baylor.edu and/or http://soefaculty.baylor.edu/tony-talbert/