Beth Anne Horning is a third year Ph.D. student at the University at Albany, SUNY. She is studying educational policy in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Policy and Leadership. She works as a graduate research assistant for Dr. Kathryn Schiller, Department Chair and Associate Professor of Educational Policy and Leadership at University at Albany. Beth Anne completed a B.A. in English and History with a concentration in American History in December 2018 at the University Albany. She completed an M.S. in Educational Policy and Leadership in December 2020 at the University at Albany. She was a 2018 recipient of the Helena U. Whitaker Scholarship for outstanding academic achievement from the UA History Department and the 2019 recipient of the Patricia Stocking Brown Graduate Research Award from the M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections and Archives. Beth Anne has previously presented research at the 2019 Researching New York Conference and the 2020 Institutions and Societies Graduate Student Conference. She will be presenting one co-authored paper and one solo-authored paper in roundtable sessions at the 2021 American Sociological Association Virtual Annual Meeting in August 2021. She currently has a co-authored manuscript under peer review at Urban Education. Beth Anne’s research interests include the integration of restorative justice practices in school discipline policies, the social and political influences on historical shifts in school discipline policy in the United States, the inclusion of social and racial justice in teacher professional development and mentoring programs, and postsecondary education for incarcerated students.