My name is Dr. Bunnie Claxton. My specialty is making improvements in education. It is my desire to see improvements made in education; thus, I seek to teach others how to solve problems and make improvements in educational settings. With over 25 years of experience, I have worked in public school, private school, home school, and higher education. Roles I have served in include the Director of Applied Doctoral Research, Applied Research Program Developer, Higher Education Course Developer, Author, Subject Matter Expert, Instructional Mentor, Superintendent, Associate Adjunct Instructor, Dissertation Chair, and Teacher. 

As an educational consultant, I seek to make a meaningful difference in education. As a guiding force in improving educational outcomes and practices, I seek to shape the academic lives of students across the country and around the world by empowering doctoral and master’s candidates to solve real problems and improve practices in educational settings while earning a degree. Applied research is practical. Educators know of problems in education and applied research offers them the opportunity to solve these problems using site specific data and a review of the current scholarly literature. My focus is working closely with universities to develop an applied research program.

Works Published

She is the author of 20 textbooks and is best known for her Step-By-Step textbook series. A few titles include A Step-By-Step Guide to Conducting Applied Research, A Step-By-Step Guide to Conducting Qualitative Research, A Step-By-Step Guide to Conducting Quantitative Research, A Step-By-Step Guide to Writing a Literature Review for Doctoral Research, and A Step-By-Step Introduction to Research Methods: Qualitative, Quantitative, Mixed-Methods, and Applied.