Her research interests include the School-to-Prison Pipeline, special education services in juvenile detention, adult correctional education, juvenile justice issues, disability studies and teacher education. Dr. Wruble’s doctoral dissertation study “School-Based Referrals to the Juvenile Court: Prevalence and Characteristics in Several States” investigated school-based referrals to the juvenile courts as an element of the School-to-Prison Pipeline. The study specifically examined the likelihood of school-based juvenile court referrals and rate of dismissal of these referrals in several states using race and special education status as predictors.