Dr. Zorka Karanxha is an associate professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at the University of South Florida. Her research agenda focuses on educational leadership policies that positively influence marginalized communities through continued investigation of two interwoven conceptual strands: 1) Social justice leadership praxis to reduce educational inequities; and, 2) Social justice leadership to reduce inequities in legal education policy and policy implementation. Her research focuses on educational leadership preparation, education law, and charter schools. Dr. Karanxha has published her work in Educational Administration Quarterly, Race Ethnicity and Education, Journal of School Leadership, Journal of Research in Leadership Education, and other journals. She has co-authored a book on student teaching and the law. She serves as co-editor of the Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership.