Her current research focuses on STEM majors’ pedagogical content understanding. In addition, she is the principal investigator of a multi-year evaluation of the collaborative effort between Lowell Public Schools (LPS) and multiple community partners at transforming LPS Career Academy into a community hub that provides a range of on-site academic, occupational, social, and health services. Newton is the incoming co-chair elect of the American Evaluation Association’s International and Cross-Cultural Topical Interest Group. She will serve a three-year term beginning January, 2017.