Dr. Montiegel is a qualitative researcher who studies the role of talk-in-interaction in the construction and management of social meanings, identities, and relationships. She primarily applies this interest in the contexts of education, disability, and political communication. Her methods are conversation analysis and ethnography. She is currently launching a new research program that aims to understand how social equity/inequity and equality/inequality in the larger special education system might be reflected in interactions on the ground level, particularly in the context of special education meetings.
