Alexandria Harvey

Overview

Alexandria Harvey uses her expertise to improve outcomes for students with disabilities. As a Senior Program Associate with the Special Education Policy and Practice team, her work centers around providing technical assistance and professional development that focuses on improving outcomes for students who lie at the intersections of multiple identities.

Harvey is the Deputy Director of the Data Center for Addressing Significant Disproportionality (DCASD), where she facilitates the development and implementation of the center’s strategic direction and supports the WestEd team to provide technical assistance based on established priorities. In addition, Harvey co-leads staff capacity efforts with the National Center for Systemic Improvement (NCSI). She also serves as a technical assistance facilitator for multiple states and provides her content expertise in evidence-based practices and general supervision.

Prior to joining WestEd, Harvey was a varying exceptionalities teacher in Gainesville, Florida. During her graduate studies, she was a graduate assistant for the CEEDAR Center, providing technical assistance to states by building the capacity of state personnel preparation systems to train teachers and leaders on implementing evidence-based practices within multi-tiered systems of support. Throughout her career, Harvey has been committed to providing services to students with disabilities and continues to challenge systems to ensure students from marginalized backgrounds experience favorable educational opportunities and outcomes.

Education

PhD in special education, University of Florida

Select Publications

McCray, E. D., Kamman, M. L., Israel, M., Harvey, A., & Crews, E. (in press). Beyond “hang in there”: A qualitative examination of how inclusive principals support beginning teachers. In Inclusive leadership: From theory to practice. Information Age Publishing.

McCray, E. D., Dowie-Chin, T., & Harvey, A. (2022). Engaging in (De) liberate dialogue: An endarkened feminist trio-ethnography among Black teacher educators. In Building mentorship networks to support Black women (pp. 34–48). Routledge.

Mason-Williams, L., Bettini, E., Peyton, D., Harvey, A., Rosenberg, M., & Sindelar, P. (2020). Making good on the promise of an equal opportunity for students with disabilities. Teacher Education in Special Education, 43(1), 45–62.

Peyton, D., Acosta, K., Pua, D., Harvey, A., Sindelar, P., Mason-Williams, L., Dewey, J., Fisher, T., & Crews, M. (2020). Special education teacher shortage: Differences between high and low shortage states. Teacher Education in Special Education, 1–19..