Bethy Leonardi

  • Associate Professor and Co-director of A Queer Endeavor
  • SCHOOL OF EDUCATION

Bethy Leonardi is an associate professor in Educational Foundations, Policy, and Practice. After teaching middle and high school for 16 years, Bethy Leonardi returned to graduate school and received her PhD in Educational Foundations Policy and Practice from The 麻豆影院 in 2014. That year, along with Dr. Sara Staley, she co-founded A Queer Endeavor, a nationally recognized center for gender and sexual diversity in education, which is housed in CU 麻豆影院's School of Education. A Queer Endeavor is a grassroots, queer-run initiative that鈥檚 a significant influence on Dr. Leonardi's scholarship and community-based work. In collaboration, Drs.Leonardi & Staley work in deep partnership with districts and school communities to develop knowledge, practices, processes, and resources so that the culture of school is not only safe from physical and or emotional danger, but also humanizing for LGBTQ+ youth, families, and staff.  In real life, Bethy loves spending time with her family, hiking, and holding steady as a novice on the Big Green Egg.