About

Dr. Brown examines the interpretive, normative, and critical perspectives of education, both inside and outside of schools. With emphasis on the experiences of minoritized individuals and communities, much of her work emerges from the intersections of issues of race, social class, and gender. Her research is broadly focused on racial justice and educational equity and examines issues of racial justice in P-12 learning environments, with an attention to identity development, and critical race praxis with key stakeholders in education. Dr. Brown's interdisciplinary work seeks to promote critical questions that challenge the standard assumptions about the purposes of schools in a democratic society.

Dr. Brown’s program of research has three major foci: the intersection of gender, race, and class in the lives of Black women and girls in and out of school settings; amplifying Black women and girls’ voices in prevention science; and the role parents, schools, and communities play in Black girls’ socialization, literacies, and identity construction. With research at the nexus of Black girlhood Studies and Black feminist thought, her work leverages various theoretical foundations (e.g., Black feminist theory, ecological systems theory; Black girl literacies; and Black girl cartography) and critical qualitative methodologies (e.g., youth participatory action research; photovoice; and photo elicitation).

As a scholar-practitioner, her research aims to amplify equity-centered pedagogies in teaching and learning. She teaches and writes about issues of social identity and diversity, focusing primarily racialized representations of gender/sex.

Research Interests

Diverse Learners, Gender Issues, Historical Foundations, Inclusion, Mentoring, Mentorship, Multicultural Competencies, Multicultural and Minority Education, Philosophy of Education, Qualitative Research, Race / Ethnicity Issues, Sexuality, Socialization Issues / Social Competence, Sociocultural Perspectives, Socioeconomic Foundations, Therapeutic Relationship

Education

• Ph.D. in Educational Theory and Practice, 2018 Emphasis in Critical Studies, University of Georgia
• M.Ed. in Higher Education Administration, 2009, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
• B.A. in Media Studies and African American Studies, 2007, University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Professional Appointments

• Assistant Professor, School of Teaching and Learning, University of Florida, (2023-Present)
• Clinical Assistant Professor, School of Teaching and Learning, University of Florida, (2019-2023)

Activities and Honors

• Teaching Excellence Faculty Fellow, (2021 - present)
• Rosser Educator Excellence Award, College of Education, University of Florida (2022)
• Ethnic Studies Educators Academy, Democratizing Racial Justice, Mellon Foundation Grant
• Mentor of the Year, College of Education, University of Florida (2022)
• Teacher of the Year, College of Education, University of Florida, (2021)
• Research Catalyst, Lastinger Center, College of Education, University of Florida
• Provost Travel and Professional Development Award, College of Education, University of Florida
• Rotary Deans Service Award, College of Education, University of Georgia, (2017)
• Women Pioneers in Education Scholarship, College of Education, University of Georgia, (2016)

Selected Grants

Selected Publications

Presentations

• Brown, T., Anderson, B., and Wigfall, K.  (2023, August 1). Panning for Gold in Alternative Schools: Engaging Talent Potential in Ways Unimagined [Paper Session] NAGC Equity Symposium.
• Brown, T. (2023, April 13- 16). All of Me: Centering Homeplace in Personal and Professional Reflections of Becoming a Blackgirl Motherscholar [Symposium Session]. AERA Annual Meeting
• Brown, T., Coleman-King, C., Jung, H., Harper, F., Pierre, T.*, & John, K.* (2023, April 13- 16). Black People Are Not a Monolith: Designing and Nuancing Culturally Responsive Mathematics [Symposium Session]. AERA Annual Meeting.
• Brown, T., Troutman, A.* & Sobanjo, O.* (2023, April 13- 16). Now Let’s Get in Formation: Towards Black Girlhood Studies Pedagogies: A Systematic Literature Review [Paper Session]. AERA Annual Meeting.
• Brown, T. & Haynes-Thoby, L. (2023, April 13- 16). Grieving Out Loud: Towards an Interdisciplinary Understanding of Black Girlhood and Culturally Reflective Trauma Informed Care [Roundtable Session]. AERA Annual Meeting
• Brown, T. (2021). Culturally Responsive Course Design: Humanizing Strategies in Online Course Design. UF College of Education, E-Learning, Technology, and Communications Webinar Series.
• Brown, T. & Murray E. (2021, April 8 - 12). Navigating a womanist caring framework: Centering womanist geographies within social foundations for black academic survival. [Roundtable Session]. AERA Annual Meeting, Virtual Conference.
• Brown, T. (2020, Apr 17 - 21) Naturalized Realities of Deficit Discourses: Black Teenage Mothers' Voices, Hypervisibility, and Schooling [Roundtable Session]. AERA Annual Meeting San Francisco, CA http://tinyurl.com/voltj6k
• Brown, T., Busey, C., Coleman-King, C., *Dowie-Chin, T., *Silva, C., *Powers, L., *Acevedo, D. (2020, March 26-29) Black Internationalism: Theory, Research, Policy, and Pedagogy: Examining the Geopolitics of Critical Race Theory in [Global South] Educational Research [Panel Session]. Miami, FL
• "Unmasking mean girls." National Youth at Risk Conference, Savannah, GA March 2017
• "Challenging Deficit Discourse: The experiences of black teenage mothers," Institute for Women's Studies: Women and Girls in Georgia Conference, Athens, GA, November 2017
• "Curricular Invitations for Critical Conversation," National Youth at Risk Conference. Savannah, GA, March 2017
• "Consumer responsibility: The importance of critical media literacy." Partnering Ambassadors for Life and Service, Athens, GA, February 2017
• "University and Community partnerships" with Tarek Grantham, Nichole Murray, Octavia Spencer, and Veronica Tinsley, Georgia Family Engagement Conference, Athens, GA, November 2016
• "Shaping a Generation: The educational experiences of black teenage mothers," Graduate and Faculty Conference, Athens, GA, April 2015

Other Publications

• Brown, T. T. (2022). Grieving Black girlhoods: Black memory work in current and (re)membered geographies of Black girls who’ve experienced loss. Journal of African American Woman and Girls in Education, 2(2), pp. 23-36.
• King, C., Brown, T., & Haynes-Thoby, L. (2022). Reclaiming my time: Black mothers cultivating the homeplace in times of crisis. Journal of Social Issues. https://doi.org/10.1111/josi.12570
• King, C., Brown, T., Haynes-Thoby, L., & Dowie-Chin. (2022). Dreaming beyond boundaries: Reimagining the role of Black mothers in culturally sustaining pedagogy. Voices in Urban Education, Vol. 50 (2), pp. 118-127
• Brown, T. & Murray E. (2022). Navigating a womanist caring framework: Centering womanist geographies within social foundations for black academic survival. In Porter, C., Sulé, T., & Croom, N. (Eds.) Applying Black Feminist Epistemology and Praxis: Narratives in and Through the Academy, (pp. 132-142). Routledge.
• Brown, T., Chapman, L., Mathien, T., & Gonsalves, V. The anti-syllabus: Faculty and student voice in humanizing online course design. Culturally Responsive Curriculum in Higher Education. (accepted)
• Brown, T. All of me: Centering homeplace in personal and professional reflections of becoming a Blackgirl motherscholar. Gifted Black Women Navigating the Doctoral Process: Sister Insider. Routledge. (accepted)
• Brown, T. Towards uninterrupted Black girlhoods: Theorizing a strong Black girl schema. AERA Books (accepted).
• Brown, T. Defining Ourselves, For Ourselves: A critical autoethnography on mentoring as teaching in Black girlhood Studies. Black Women Who Study Black Girls. Peter Lang Publishing (accepted)
• Brown, T. Modern-day manifestations of the scarlet letter: Deficit discourse, hyper-sexuality, and Black teenage mothers. Black School(girls) in Space, Rutgers University Press (accepted)
• Jones, S., Theil, J., Woglom, J., Davila, D., Pittard, B., Brown, T. Zhou, X. & Snow, M. (2016). Childhood geographies and spatial justice: Making sense of place and space-making as political acts in education. American Educational Research Journal Vol. 53 (4) pp. 1126-1158.
• King, C. & Brown, T. (2021). Something inside so strong: Why every community needs a freedom school, especially now. Gainesville Sun.
• King, C., Brown, T., Haynes-Thoby, L., & Dowie-Chin. (2021). Dreaming beyond boundaries: Reimagining the role of Black mothers in culturally sustaining pedagogy. Voices in Urban Education.
• King, C., Brown, T., & Haynes-Thoby, L. (2021). Reclaiming my time: Black mothers cultivating the homeplace in times of crisis. Journal of Teaching and Learning. (accepted)
• Coes, J. & Brown, T. (2017). Teacher Educators Need Your Help! Education Weekly.
• Jones, S., Theil, J., Woglom, J., Davila, D., Pittard, B., Brown, T., Zhou, X. & Snow, M. (2016). Childhood geographies and spatial justice: Making sense of place and space-making as political acts in education. American Educational Research Journal Vol. 53 (4) pp. 1126-1158.