Since 2010, TJ has led a Notre Dame initiative to strengthen Catholic education in Haiti, supporting inquiry and practice in large-scale projects in Haitian education ranging from whole school improvement of rural schools to supporting design, implementation, and research in teacher training and literacy.
Since 2015, he has led ACE’s work in Uganda in collaboration with the Kellogg Institute for International Studies and Human Development, AVSI, and the Luigi Giussani Institute of Higher Education in Uganda (LGIHE) in supporting teacher training and school improvement in support of dignity and human flourishing.
He has interest in the early grade reading, rural school improvement, the role of non-public and faith-based school networks.