Her research concentrates on understanding how class, race and power affect the everyday schooling lives of students, teachers and communities traditionally under-served by public education across diverse contexts. Recently, she conducted an ethnographic study of black educators in New Orleans to explore urban school reform narratives
with an explicit focus on their effects on black communities during the single largest displacement of African American educators since desegregation.
Biographical Profile
College
College of Education
Department
Teacher Education
Tenure Status
Tenured
Interest Background
Do you include students in your research?
None
Interest Keywords
Urban Education, Critical Multicultural Education, Black Education, Social & Cultural Foundations of Education, Qualitative Research, Education Policy with a Community Engagement focus
Professional Preparation(Education & Training)
Dates
Institution
Location
Degree
Field of Study
2013
Miami University
Oxford, OH
BA and BS
BA: History and Black World Studies; BS: Education
05/2008
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC
PhD
Culture, Curriculum and Change
08/2004
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC
MA
Education in Culture Curriculum and Change
Memberships & Professional Activities
Dates
Type
Description
Institution/Entity
2004 - Present
Membership
Member
American Educational Research Association
2004 - Present
Membership
Member
American Educational Studies Association
2007 - Present
Membership
Member
National Council for the Social Studies
2008 - Present
Membership
Member
Critical Race Studies in Education Association
Positions & Appointments
Dates
Description
Institution/Entity
08/2008 - 05/2009
Visiting Professor, Department of History
North Carolina Central University
08/2010 - 05/2012
Assistant Professor, School of Urban Education
The University of Tulsa
08/2012 - Present
Assistant Professor, Department of Instruction & Teacher Education
The University of South Carolina at Columbia
2019
Advisory Committee
U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
Recognition Awards, Honors, & Fellowships
Dates
Type
Description
Foundation/Entity
2020
Award
Social Justice Award
University of South Carolina
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