Qualitative Research Day

Colleen Vesely

Associate Professor, Academic Program Coordinator

Colleen K. Vesely, PhD, is an Associate Professor and Academic Program Coordinator of the Inclusive Early Childhood Education program at George Mason University. She employs community-based qualitative methods within Family-centered Participatory Action Research (FCPAR) to examine and transform systems of inequity in early care and education. Her work centers the lived experiences of families who experience structural marginalization, using family-led, strengths-based inquiry to advance equity and justice in early childhood systems.

Kevin Roy, PhD

Professor

Department of Family Science, School of Public Health, University of Maryland

Kevin Roy, Ph.D., is Professor in the Department of Family Science at the University of Maryland College Park School of Public Health. His research focuses on the life course of young men on the margins of kin networks and the workforce, as they transition into adulthood and fatherhood. Through participant observation and life history interviews, he explores critical masculinities, men’s health equity and disparities (specifically trauma), and policy systems, such as immigration, incarceration, and community-based parenting programs