Dr. Vaughan received her B.A. in Religion and Secondary Education from Wake Forest University, her M.Ed. in Elementary Education from the University of Florida, and her Ph.D. in Child Development and Family Relations from the University of North Carolina-Greensboro. She is a certified C.OM.P. (Creating Conditions for Learning) trainer with Peabody College of Vanderbilt University, certified as a presenter for Godly Play, and Mel Levine’s All School Attuned Program for students with learning difficulties. Her past research interests focused on the education of students with emotional handicaps and behavior disorders, post-abortion syndrome, classical education, and wilderness therapy for behavior disorders. Her extensive frontline experience with students includes roles as a parent, teacher, Head of School, counselor, Middle School Sunday school teacher, Girl Scout leader, Bible study leader for youth, and 15 years of consulting in K-12 schools globally.
Dr. Vaughan is currently investigating the ways in which teachers and students can participate in the Holy Spirit’s work of transformation in an educational setting. Her immediate projects include an articulation of a theory of transformation and a study of why transformation occurs and doesn’t occur, particularly in the lives of children with a Christian heritage.