Dr. Darielle Blevins is an Assistant Research Professor at the Children’s Equity Project at Arizona State University, where she leads and contributes to equity-centered research, evaluation, and technical assistance initiatives focused on early learning success. She has also served as a content expert and advisor for federal technical assistance centers, supporting state and national partners in embedding culturally responsive and anti-bias approaches into systems and practice.

Dr. Blevins brings more than a decade of experience conducting applied research and evaluation and delivering professional learning to advance educator, child, and system well-being. Her work spans federally funded studies and evaluations related to early childhood mental health, exclusionary discipline, early care and education financing, and the experiences of children and families impacted by structural inequities.

Her scholarship centers equity, Black girlhood, and visual and mixed-methods approaches that elevate community voice and inform data-driven improvement.