About

De/colonizing ontoepistemologies, critical and de/colonial educational anthropology, social foundation and cultural context of higher education, transnational education, critical and arts-based approaches to qualitative inquiry, creativity in educational research, contemplative pedagogies and epistemologies, gender, race, and ethnic studies in education, technology-integrated learning and social environments.

Research Interests

Culturally Responsive Teaching, Culturally Sustainable Pedagogy, Multicultural and Minority Education, Professional Development, Qualitative Research, Social Justice in Education

Education

• Ph. D. Educational Psychology, 2005 University of GeorgiaGraduate Certificate, Women's Studies, 2002 University of GeorgiaGraduate Certificate, Qualitative Inquiry, 2005 University of Georgia
• Master of Science in Instructional Development, 2000 Southern Illinois University of Carbondale
• Bachelor of Science in Psychology, McMaster University, 1995 Southern Illinois University of Carbondale

Professional Appointments

• Professor, Research Evaluation and Methodologies, University of Florida -- 2019 - present
• Full Professor, Educational Leadership, Kansas State University -- June 2018 - 2019
• Associate Professor, Educational Leadership, Kansas State University -- August 2013 - May 2018
• Program Coordinator, Qualitative Research Graduate Certificate, Kansas State University -- April 2016 - 2019
• Affiliate Faculty, Women's Studies, Kansas State University -- August 2013 - 2019
• Program Coordinator, Educational Leadership and Research, Texas A & M University -- August 2012- August 2013
• Associate Professor, Educational Leadership and Research, Texas A & M University -- August 2010- August 2013
• Pedagogy Fellow, Faculty Renaissance Center. Texas A & M University -- December 2008 - August, 2010
• Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership and Research, Texas A & M University -- August 2008 - July 2010
• Assistant Professor, Counseling, Educational Psychology and Research, University of Memphis -- August 2005 - August 2008

Activities and Honors

• Winner, 2018, Mid-Career Scholar of Color Award, American Educational Research Association (AERA)
• 2018 - Outstanding Mentor Award (co-winner with Tyrone Howard) from Division G: Social Context of Education, American Educational Research Association
• 2018 - Top 25 Women in Higher Education, Diverse Issues of Higher Education
• Invited Keynote Speaker, Language and Literacy Education Annual Conference, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, (Feb, 2019).
• Invited Responder to Egon Guba Lecture at Qualitative Research SIG Business Meeting, AERA 2018, Toronto, Canada.
• Winner, 2018 Colleague-to-Colleague Summer Institute of Distance Learning and Instructional Technology
• Invited Distinguished Speaker, Indiana University, Bloomington, (March, 2019).
• Invited Keynote Speaker, 2nd Annual Qual-World Virtual Conference, International Institute of Qualitative Methodology, University of Alberta, (December 2018).
• Woman of Distinction Honor, K-State Office for the Advancement of Women in Science and Engineering, September, 2018.
• Featured Spotlight Speaker (March 2018), A Ted-Talk Style Event Celebrating Innovative Teaching and Research, Kansas State University, Teaching and Learning Center
• Winner, 2017 Outstanding Advisor Award, Kansas State Student Government Association
• Invited Featured Speaker for Association for the Study of Higher Education, for Woke Research Methodology Series. (April, 2018)
• Nominated, Holen Outstanding Teaching Award, December 2017
• Invited and inaugural Podcast speaker for Qualitative Research SIG from AERA, November 2017
• Invited workshop facilitator for Texas A & M University College Station, Texas. Workshop title - De/colonizing Qualitative Research: Exploring the (Im)Possibilities of Culturally Situated Inquiry, (November, 2017).

Selected Grants