His research and teaching focus on the intersection of adolescent literacy, literacy coaching, teacher leadership, and school reform. Jacy is specifically interested in the roles that teacher leaders, principals, and literacy coaches play in helping institute and maintain instructional change at middle and high school levels. After completing his doctorate in education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE), Jacy has taught courses on adolescent literacy, school reform, teacher leadership, and literacy coaching at Salem State and at HGSE.