Steven M. Carlo

Educational Researcher

Ongoing Research


  • Countering Anti-DEI and Anti-CRT Laws in Academic Environments
    • Chapter 18 under Contract in Democracy in Higher Education: Advancing Civic-Minded Student Learning
    • Awaiting Book Publication (Late 2025)
  • Broadening the Leadership Lens: How Non-Traditional Educational Leaders Expand Social and Cultural Capital in Strategies for Equity-Oriented Change
    • R&R with Educational Studies
  • Chronicle of Civic Education Reforms from the Classroom to the Test Room:
    An Event History Analysis (Part of Dissertation)
    • Under Review with Education Policy Analysis Archive
  • The Bionic Educator: The Potential of Generative AI to Enhance the Legal Literacy of Teachers and School Leaders
    • Under Review with Journal of Education Finance and Law
  • Mapping Policy Influence: Social Network Analysis of the Florida Empowerment Scholarship Program and Capital Sources
    • Under Review with Policy Futures in Education
    • Updated version accepted to AERA 2025 Roundtable
    • Initial version presented at EERA 2024 Roundtable
  • Persistent Disparities in Mental Health Service Utilization Among First-Generation College Students: Evidence from the Healthy Minds Study, 2021–2024
    • Under Review
  • Augmented School Leadership: The School Law Knowledge of ChatGPT and Implications for School Leader Legal Literacy
    • Preliminary results presented at UCEA 2023
    • Finalizing manuscript for submission
  • “ChatGPT, What’s our play?” Educational Leadership and Decision-Making in the Age of AI
    • Finalizing manuscript for submission
  • Evaluating NJLeadGPT: AI-Assisted Policy and Leadership Guidance for School Administrators 
    • Tool Creation Stage (Pilot experiment rollout anticipated Sept/Oct 2025)