Prof. Laura Flores Shaw, an Assistant Professor in the Johns Hopkins University School of Education, is extensively trained in family systems therapy and educational neuroscience. She also has direct experience as Head of School within an AMI based Montessori school framework. She instructs in the Mind, Brain, and Teaching Certificate and the Doctor of Education online programs. Dr. Shaw’s work has focused on translating research from multiple areas of neuroscience, educational psychology, sustainability education, and family systems research into school design and classroom practice. She has particular interest and expertise in translating current applied and computational neuroscience research— especially approaches featuring a sensorimotor and ethologically oriented perspective—and applying large-scale dynamical systems frameworks to sociocultural contexts. Re- contextualising common terms such as “executive function” and “attention” are areas of particular interest, especially in relation to issues of race, class, and behaviour, including traditionally disadvantaged students living in poverty."