Talgat Bainazarov is a PhD candidate in the K-12 Educational Administration program at Michigan State University. His research focuses on understanding and measuring how principals’ beliefs influence their leadership practices to create equitable learning environments for diverse students and families. He employs both qualitative and quantitative methods in his research. He currently works as a graduate student for the University Council for Educational Administration (UCEA) and serves on the internal editorial team of theEducational Administration Quarterly (EAQ) journal. Previously, he was a mathematics teacher and school principal in Kazakhstan, where he worked in schools serving students from diverse cultural, racial, and socio-economic backgrounds.
