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Mari Ann Roberts Home: 5520 Mountain Springs Circle Stone Mountain, GA 30088 Phone: 404/374-9154  E-Mail: [email protected]

Work: 2000 Clayton State Blvd Morrow, GA 30260 Phone: 678/466-4720  E-Mail: [email protected] Website: www.docmari.com CV

1. Research Interests

Multicultural education, teacher care, teaching and learning, critical race theory, teacher education, African American secondary students and teachers, high-stakes testing abuses, and qualitative methods.

2. Education

Doctor of Philosophy May 2009 Division of Educational Studies, Emory University, Atlanta, GA. Major Field: Multicultural Education Dissertation Chair: Dr. Vanessa Siddle-Walker Dissertation Title: Black or White does it make a difference? Teachers’ perceptions of care for African American students

Juris Doctor June 1996 Area of Specialization: Law Mercer University, Macon, GA

Bachelor of Science June 1993 Major: Education - Area of Specialization - English, Sociology, and Psychology Education Wright State University, Fairborn, OH

3. Academic Appointments and Courses of Record

Associate Professor of Multicultural Education August 2012 - Present Clayton State University, Morrow, GA Interim Director, Center for Academic Success August 2015 - Present Director, Master of Arts in Teaching August 2014 - Present Coordinator, Master of Arts in Teaching August 2010 - 2014 Gifted Endorsement Coordinator August 2010 - Present Courses:  Curriculum & Strategies for the Gifted Learner – EDUC 5703  Characteristics of Multicultural Gifted Learners – EDUC 5701  Action Research – EDUC 5400  Master of Arts in Teaching Practicum I and II (In-Field) - EDUC 5102  Social and Cultural Awareness in American Education - EDUC 5100  Exploring Socio-Cultural Perspectives on Diversity - EDUC 2120  Master’s Thesis/Action Research Project Supervision Clayton State University, Morrow, GA Assistant Professor of Multicultural Education August 2008 - 2012 Clayton State University, Morrow, GA Courses:  Action Research – EDUC 5400  Master of Arts in Teaching Internship (In-Field) - EDUC 5301  Master of Arts in Teaching Seminar - EDUC 5300  Master of Arts in Teaching Practicum I and II (In-Field) - EDUC 5102  Social and Cultural Awareness in American Education - EDUC 5100  Exploring Teaching and Learning (Ed. Psychology) – EDUC 2130  Exploring Socio-Cultural Perspectives on Diversity - EDUC 2120  Middle Level Field Experience - EDUC 4710  Middle Level Practicum - EDUC 4720  Middle Level Senior Seminar - EDUC 4001  Master’s Thesis/Action Research Project Supervision Clayton State University, Morrow, GA

Instructor August 2005 - 2008 Emory University, Atlanta, GA Courses:  Education and Cultural Diversity - EDS 314; Fall 2005, 2007  Examining Critical Issues in Multicultural Education - EDS 471s; Fall 2006

4. Publications

Refereed Journal Articles Croft, C. Roberts, M.A. & Stenhouse, V. (2016). The perfect storm of education reform: High-stakes testing and teacher evaluation, Social Justice: A Journal of Crime, Conflict & World Order. Vol. 42 Issue 1, p. 70-92.

Dunn, A, Dotson, E. Ford, J. & Roberts, M.A. (2014). You won’t believe what they said in class today:” Professors’ reflections on student resistance in multicultural education courses. Multicultural Perspectives 16(2), p. 93-98.

Roberts, M.A., & Jackson-Minot, M. (2013). Boxes and quilts? I thought this was college! Utilizing pedagogical tools to access students' sociocultural selves. Georgia Educational Researcher, 10(1), 34-51.

Caillouet, R., Mitchell, S., Roberts, M.A. & Smith, P. (2011). Teaching, technology and lighting the fire. Oregon English Journal, 33(1).

Roberts, M. A. (2010). Toward a theory of culturally relevant critical teacher care: African American teachers’ definitions and perceptions of care for African American students. The Journal of Moral Education, Routledge, 39(2).

Roberts, M. A. (Submitted Spring 2015). Educational Tweets, In-Class Feats, and the Word on the Streets: Pre-Teacher Education Student Perspectives of K-12 Public Education. GATEways in Teacher Education.

Refereed Book Chapters/Encyclopedia Entries Roberts, M. A. (In Press). How neoliberal education injured a strongBlackwoman. In Bree Picower and Rita Kohli (Eds). Confronting Racism: Counternarratives of Critical Teacher Educators. Routledge.

Roberts, M. A. (2015). The testing industrial complex: Incarcerating education since 2001. In Mark Abendroth & Brad Porfilio (Eds). School Against Neoliberal Rule: Educational Fronts for Local and Global Justice: A Reader. Information Age Publishing.

Revised 8.19.16 Current 4 Roberts, M. A. (2014). Cultural relevance. In Sherwood Thompson (Ed.). Encyclopedia of Diversity and Social Justice. Sage.

Roberts, M. A., Irvine, J. J. (2008). African American teacher's caring behaviors: The difference makes a difference. In Linda Tilman (Ed.), SAGE Handbook of African American Education. Sage.

Roberts, M. A. (2013) The NCLB act of 2001. In Carlos Eliseo Cortés (Ed). Multicultural America: A Multimedia Encyclopedia. Sage.

Roberts, M. A. (2013). Education in Georgia. In James Ainsworth & Geoffrey Golson (Eds). Sociology of Education Encyclopedia. Sage.

Roberts M.A. (2013). Student attachment to school. In James Ainsworth & Geoffrey Golson (Ed.). Sociology of Education Encyclopedia. Sage.

Roberts, M.A. (2013). School/class size. In James Ainsworth & Geoffrey Golson (Eds). Sociology of Education Encyclopedia. Sage.

Editorials, Newsletters, and Book Reviews Roberts, M. A. & Mitchell, S. (2016). Suburban or "sub – urban?" Equity for low income suburban populations – implications for education. [Newsletter Article] What’s the Idea? pp. 12-13. Roberts, M. A. (2016). Opt children out of standardized testing. [Op-Ed] Athens Banner-Herald, April 13th, 2016. Roberts, M.A. (2015). Education tweets, in class feats, and the word on the streets. [Newsletter Article] What’s the Idea? pp.10-12. Roberts, M.A. (2013-2014, Winter). EdTPA: Latest Salvo in Neoliberal Arsenal. [Op-Ed] Rethinking Schools. pp. 8-9. Roberts, M. A. (2013, Spring). Emphasis on test scores crippling education. [Op-Ed] Cross Roads News, May 11th. Roberts, M. A. (2013, Spring). The common core standard for care. [Op-Ed] www.empoweredga.com. Roberts, M. A. (2012, Summer). The testing industrial complex. [Newsletter Article] What’s the Idea? pp. 4-6. Roberts, M. A. (2011, Spring). This is what democracy looks like? [Editorial]. [Newsletter Article] What’s the Idea? pp. 1- 3. Roberts, M. A. (2011, Spring). D. Ravich (2010) The Death and Life of the Great American School System. [Book Review]. What’s the Idea? , pp. 3. Roberts, M. A. (2010, Fall). Who are the real cheaters? [Editorial]. What’s the Idea? , pp. 1-3. Stenhouse, V. & Roberts, M. A. (2010, Fall). What is multicultural education? [Newsletter Article] What’s the Idea? p. 2. Roberts, M. A. (February 18, 2010). Pressure cooking. [Editorial]. The Atlanta Journal Constitution.

Poetry

Roberts, M. A. (2016). Edu Haiku. In P. Gorski, R. Salcedo, & J. Landsman. Talking Back and Looking Forward: An Educational Revolution in Poetry and Prose. New York, NY: Rowman & Littlefield. Roberts, M. A. (2013). They Asked for It, Save Our Schools National Gallery of Artful Resistance. Roberts, M. A. (2009). They Asked for It, Georgia Education Alliance Webzine. Roberts, M. A. (2007). This Poem Wants to be A Revolutionary, Voices! Intercultural Poetry E-Journal. Roberts, M. A. (2007). Id, Ego, and Superego, Voices! Intercultural Poetry E-Journal. Roberts, M. A. (2007). Who Are We, Voices! Intercultural Poetry E-Journal. Roberts, M. A. (Spring, 2005). Haiku 2 Do about U. Bear Creek Haiku. 46, p.4.

Revised 8.19.16 Current 4 Working Papers

Doing What We Say in Teacher Education. Or Not.

Unrealistic Diversity “Infusion” Expectations for Teacher Educators

(Empirical paper in progress)

Teacher preparation programs (TPPs) across the United States frequently assert that Multicultural Education (MCE) theory and praxis is "infused" throughout their programs. Furthermore, TPPs often request/expect professors, who have never studied MCE or who have studied it in a cursory manner, to do the infusing – and thus prepare future teachers to implement MCE tenants in their classrooms. This article tells a story about MCE in a TPP from three perspectives. To prepare to do so, the authors applied a self-study through narrative inquiry design (Smith, 2006) to problematize the way our TPP "infuses" MCE and to examine our complicity in the marginalization of MCE in our TPP. Our findings show an insufficient infusion of MCE in our TPP, and an existing presupposition that infusion exists without substantive policy change. We conclude with implications for doctoral programs, TPPs and those who support the theory and praxis of MCE. We also challenge the larger field of MCE and TPP's, to effectively address the implications of our findings through praxis.

Suburban or Sub-Urban? Pre-Service Teacher's Deficit Perceptions of the Suburban Poor and Education in the Metro Atlanta Area.

(Empirical paper in progress)

This empirical study examines the rise of families with lower socioeconomic status from the 1980's to present in Clayton, DeKalb, and North Henry County Georgia, once middle class suburbs south and east of the city of Atlanta; deficit perceptions held by pre-service teachers regarding education and students in these communities; and whether those perceptions can be changed.

5. Presentations

International Caillouet, R., Roberts, M.A., Page, K., Farah, A., Sanford, A. & Varga-Dobai, K. (November, 2016). There Is a Season: Lessons and Literature for Change. Conference Presentation, National Council for Teachers of English, Atlanta, GA.

Roberts, M. A., Cross, S. & Dunn, A. (November 2016). Is Urban Education Really Urban?: Discovering Varying Contexts of “Urban,” in Teacher Preparation Globally and Locally. Conference Presentation, International Conference on Urban Education, San Juan, PR.

Croft, S., Roberts, M. A., & Stenhouse, V. (October 2015). First They Ignore You, Then They Ridicule You, Then They Fight You, And Then You Win: Blowing Away the Perfect Storm. Conference Presentation, National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME) New Orleans, LA.

Roberts, M. A. (November 2014). “The Testing Industrial Complex: Neoliberalism Unplugged In the Urban U.S.” Conference presentation. International Conference on Urban Education (ICUE), Montego Bay, Jamaica.

Roberts, M. A. (November 2013). “Neoliberalism Unplugged: How the Testing Industrial Complex Feeds the Prison Industrial Complex”. Thematic Panel Presentation. Building Comprehensive Approaches to Community Justice: The Clayton State Center for Community and Justice Studies. The American Society of Criminology Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA.

Revised 8.19.16 Current 4 Roberts, M. A. (November 2013). “The Testing Industrial Complex: Incarcerating Education Since 2001.” Conference Presentation, National Association for Multicultural Education, Oakland, CA.

Dunn, A; Roberts, M. A; Ford, J. and Dotson, E. (November 2012). “Sh*t My Students Say: Levying Interpersonal Identities in Multicultural Education Courses.” Conference Presentation, National Association for Multicultural Education, Philadelphia, PA.

Dunn, A; Roberts, M. A; and Zeigler, E. (February, 2012). “Engaging students for social justice: Theatre of the Oppressed and cross-curricular instruction.” Conference Presentation, International Association for Intercultural Education, Xalapa, Vera Cruz, MX.

Roberts, M. A. (November, 2010). “Quilts and poems? I thought this was college!” Students exploring self and the “other”. Conference presentation, National Association for Multicultural Education, Las Vegas, NV.

Roberts, M. A. (October 2010). Startin' somethin': Utilizing pedagogical tools to access students' sociocultural selves. Conference presentation, International Society for Exploring Teaching and Learning, Nashville, TN.

Roberts, M. A. (2009, November). Libratory and Suppressive Effect: Investigating the Presence, Benefit, and Detriment of Critical Race theory in Teacher’s Perceptions of Care for African American Students. Founders Presentation. Conference presentation. National Association for Multicultural Education, Denver, CO.

Roberts, M.A. (November 2007). Examining the Phenomenon of Culturally Relevant Critical Teacher Care for African American Students. Paper presented at the meeting of the Association for Moral Education, New York, NY.

Roberts, M.A. (November 2007). Culturally relevant teacher care: Can it be quantified? Should we try? Paper presented at the meeting of National Association for Multicultural Educators, Baltimore, MA.

Roberts, M.A. (April 2006). Black or White, does it make a difference? Nationally board certified secondary teachers and their perceptions of teacher care for their African American students. Paper presented at the meeting of the American Education Research Association, San Francisco, CA.

Roberts, M.A. & Thomas, P. (November 2005). Staff development in a cultural context: Perspectives on sexual orientation and multiculturalism. Invited talk/workshop presented to the National Association for Multicultural Educators, Atlanta, GA.

National Roberts, M. A., Croft, S. & Stenhouse, V. (April 2016). The Perfect Storm of Education Reform: High Stakes Testing, EdTPA, and Teacher Evaluation. Conference Presentation, Network for Public Education (NPE) Raleigh, NC.

Lensen, J. & Roberts, M. A. (2014). Using Protocol and Inquiry Skills to Examine the Presence and Role of Whiteness. National Summit for Courageous Conversations, New Orleans, LA.

Proctor, S. & Roberts, M. A. (2014). The Short and Long-Term Influence of “The Diversity Course” on Thoughts and Behaviors of Undergraduate Teacher Education Students. NCUR, Lexington, KY.

Ayres, W., Meiners, E., Nunez, I., and Roberts, M.A. (July 2013). Academics Gone Wild: Scholar/Activists in the Education Policy Arena. Conference Presentation. Free Minds Free People Conference, Chicago, IL.

Roberts, M. A. (March, 2012). The Testing Industrial Complex: Standardizing the School to Prison Pipeline for African American Youth. Conference presentation. National Council for Black Studies 36th Annual Conference. Conference, Atlanta, GA.

Roberts, M. A., Jackson-Minot, M. (2009, October). Opening the Box: Utilizing Pedagogical Tools to Access Student’s Sociocultural Selves. Conference Presentation. Curriculum and Pedagogy Conference, Decatur GA.

Roberts, M. A. (2009, May). Let’s Talk About It. African American, European American, or Does It Make A Difference? Teacher Perceptions of Care for African American Students. Conference Presentation. ISAAC CORD Conference, Wayne State University, Hilton Head, SC.

Revised 8.19.16 Current 4 State/Regional/Local Roberts, M. A., Stenhouse, V & Croft, S. (October 2016). It’s Clobberin’ Time! Educational Stakeholders Beating A Perfect Storm of Neoliberalism in the Urban US. Sources of Urban Educational Excellence Conference, Atlanta, GA

Roberts, M. A. (October 2016). Ruck Up! Confronting Resistance, Exploring Discomfort, and Addressing “Isms” In the Classroom. CSU Diversity and Leadership Conference. Morrow, GA.

Stenhouse, V., Croft, C., Ali, K., & Roberts, M. A. (June 2016). Blah. GLORIOUS HAIR and Academic Identities Conference, Atlanta, GA

Croft, C., Roberts, M. A., and Stenhouse, V. (May 2015). The perfect storm of high-stakes education reform: fight or flight, Sources of Urban Educational Excellence Conference (SOURCES), Atlanta, GA.

Jackson-Minot, M. & Roberts, M. A. (March 2015). Know Your “Who,” Future Educators of America Spring Training (FEAST), St. Simons, GA.

Fernandes-Williams, R., Jackson-Minot, M., & Roberts, M. A. (April 2014). “Creating” Social Justice Movements: Performance as a Powerful tool for Promoting Positive Change, Sources of Urban Educational Excellence Conference (SOURCES), Atlanta, GA.

Roberts, M. A. & Mitchell, S. (April, 2014). Suburban or sub-urban? Pre-service teacher’s deficit perceptions of the suburban poor and education in the metro Atlanta area, SHOES Conference, Birmingham, AL.

Roberts, M. A. and Mitchell, S. (October 2013). What are YOU people doing in my neighborhood?: Confronting cultural conflict and developing cultural competence. Presented at The Clayton State University 5th Annual Diversity and Multicultural Conference, Morrow, GA.

Roberts, M. A. (April 2013). Ethical and legal concerns of being a public school teacher. Thematic Panel. Georgia State University Sources of Urban Excellence Conference, Atlanta GA.

Dunn, A., Dotson, E., & Roberts, M.A. (October 2011). I expected her to be African American”: Student perceptions of multicultural education professors. Presented during the Fourth Annual Race and Schooling Symposium at the Georgia Education Research Association 36th Annual Conference, Savannah, GA.

Roberts, M. A., Mitchell, S., Attick, D., Messer, D., & Hollowell, M. (August, 2010). How to “talk” your professor into an A. Presented at Clayton State University’s StartSmart Conference, Morrow, GA.

Roberts, M. A., Jackson-Minot, M. (October, 2009). Can we teach them how to care? The possibilities of exposing student teachers to culturally relevant critical teacher care. Presented at Georgia Association of Teacher Educators, Jekyll Island GA.

Thomas, P. & Roberts M.A. (November 2005). Crossing cultural intersections: Staff development for multicultural competence. Poster presented to the Cultural Competency Conference at Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA.

Invited Talks/Lectures/Panels June 2016 4 My Sistahs. Invited Spoken Word, Glorious Hair and Academic Identities Conference. Georgia State University

March 2016. Leadership Strategies in Educational Settings. Invited Lecture, Women’s Forum, CSU

July 2015 The Perfect Storm of High Stakes Education Reform. Invited Lecture with Colleagues, Cobb County Board of Ed Superintendents Cabinet.

October 2014 Education Is Not for Black People: Being Pushed into the School-to-Prison Pipeline Through the Testing Industrial Complex. NY Times Talk, CSU

Revised 8.19.16 Current 4 April 2014 Multicultural Lesson Planning, invited lecture, CSU

March 2014 A Key Part of the Perfect Storm: Neoliberalism Unplugged & The Testing Industrial Complex, invited lecture, Kennesaw State University.

March 2014 The School to Prison Pipeline and the Testing Industrial Complex, Invited Lecture, University of GA.

February 2014 The School to Prison Pipeline and the Testing Industrial Complex. Speaker, Moral Monday Town Hall Rally, Atlanta, GA.

February 2014 The New Jim Crow, Michele Alexander Book Talk, Clayton County NAACP, Jonesboro, GA.

August 2013 The Testing Industrial Complex, Justice for Trayvon Martin. Keynote, Clayton County NAACP Town Hall Meeting. Jonesboro, GA.

July 2013 A Healer’s Town Hall Meeting: The Trayvon Martin Case. Panelist, College Park, GA

April 2013 High Stakes Testing and the Testing Industrial Complex. Invited lecture, CSU Brown Bag Lunch Series

October 2012 The Testing Industrial Complex and Our African American Youth. Keynote, NAACP Youth Forum, Jonesboro, GA.

March 2012. I expected her to be African American:" Student Perceptions, Multicultural Educators, and Racial Identity. Invited Lecture. Emory University

November 2011. Global Diversity: What Does It Mean in Academic Professions and Higher Education? Invited Panelist at the American Institute for Managing Diversity’s 2011 Pursuing the Promise of Diversity Summit, Atlanta, GA

October 2011. The Foundations of Multicultural Education. Invited Lecture. Kennesaw State University.

September 2011. Invited Guest Judge. Poetry Slam. Atlanta Neighborhood Charter School.

6. Grants

Pearson, T & Roberts, M. A. (2015). Improving Teacher Quality State Grant 2015-16: STaRs: Supporting Teachers as Researchers in Problem-Based Mathematics, Not Funded. (55,000).

Roberts, M.A. (Fall 2014). National Association for Multicultural Education Chapter Development Grant. Funded. ($900)

Roberts, M.A. (Fall 2014). Clayton State CASE Course Release Grant. Funded.

Roberts, M. A. (Summer 2014). Martha Wood Faculty Development Grant. Funded. ($1000).

Roberts, M. A. (Spring 2014). Clayton State University Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities Grant. Funded, ($2356.76)

Roberts, M.A. (Spring 2014). Arts and Sciences Mini Grant. Funded. ($ 900).

Roberts, M. A. (Submitted Spring 2011). American Association of University Women Community Action Grant. Not funded. ($7000).

Roberts, M. A. (Submitted Spring 2011). Martha Wood Faculty Development Grant. Not funded. ($1000).

Roberts, M. A. (Fall 2010). Clayton State University Mini Grant, Funded. ($1000).

Roberts, M. A. (Fall 2010). National Education Association Travel Grant, Not funded. ($2000).

Roberts, M. A. & Stenhouse, V. (Submitted Fall 2010). ING Grant Foundation, EEESIE,: Engaging, Educating, and Empowering Stakeholders for Improving Education. Not Funded. ($617,000).

Revised 8.19.16 Current 4 Roberts, M. A. (Submitted Summer 2009). N*Vivo Teaching Grant, Finalist. ($6.000).

Roberts, M. A. (Submitted Fall, 2008). National Endowment for the Humanities, Enduring Questions Pilot Course Grant, Not Funded ($22,945).

Roberts, M. A. (Fall 2008). Association of Moral Education Kuhmerker Dissertation Grant, Funded. ($2,000).

Roberts, M. A. (Spring 2007). Association of Moral Education Gift of Time Conference Grant, Funded. ($500).

7. Honors/Awards

PACE Faculty Academy, CSU, Stipend, 2015

NAACP Freedom Fund Award, Clayton County NAACP, 2013

Free Minds Free People Scholarship, GA NAME, 2013

Smith Award Nominee, Clayton State University, 2012

Online Faculty Academy Stipend, 2011-2012, Clayton State University

Jacqueline Jordan Irvine Prize for Exemplary Research in Multicultural Education, Fall 2008

Transforming Community Project Fellow, Summer 2008

Division of Educational Studies Full Fellowship, Emory University, 2003-2008

Emory University, Intensive Grant Writing Workshop Fellow, 2005-2006

Emory University Master Teacher Program Fellow, 2005

Delta Kappa Gamma, Education Honor Society, member, 2003-Present

8. Professional Development/Service

University Service Co-Chair Strategic Plan Committee – 2016 - Present Member, Learning Support Advisory Committee 2016 - Present Member, Technology Council Academic Subcommittee (ITC) 2015 - Present Member, Administrative Council 2015 - Present Member, 1022 Task Force 2015 – 2016 Member, Honors Program Council 2014 - Present Interim Director, Center for Academic Success 2015 - Present Director, Master of Arts in Teaching Program 2014 – Present Member, Graduate Council 2014 – Present Coordinator, Master of Arts in Teaching Program 2010 - 2014 Member, Quality Education Program Committee 2012 – 2013 Member, CSU Strategic Plan Oversight Committee 2011 - 2012

Revised 8.19.16 Current 4 Member, CSU Strategic Plan Diversity Committee 2010-2011 Alternate, IRB, Fall 2009 – Spring 2013 Member, Graduate Studies Council, Fall 2010 - Present

College Service Member Promotion and Tenure Committee Fall 2014 – Fall 2015 Member, Arts & Sciences, Teacher of the Year Committee, Spring 2015 – Fall 2015 Member, Arts & Sciences, Strategic Planning Committee, Spring 2015 – Fall 2015 Diverse Search Initiatives, Program Creator and Facilitator Advisory Board Member, Center for Justice Studies, CSU Fall 2013 - Present Member Search Committee for Joint Appointment in English and Teacher Education, Spring 2015 – Present Member, Arts and Sciences Promotion and Tenure Committee, Fall 2013 – Present Member, Deans Advisory Council, Fall 2012 – Present Co-Chair, Dean’s Diversity Initiatives Committee, Fall 2011 – Present Chair, Policies, Procedures and Programs Analysis Committee of the DDIC Fall 2011- 2013 Member, CSU Dean’s Diversity Initiatives Committee, Fall 2010 – Fall 2011 Member, Search Committee for Joint Appointment in English and African American Studies Spring/Summer 2011 Member, African American Studies Committee Fall 2011 - Present Member, CSU Creative Activities and Scholarship Enrichment Committee, Fall 2010 - 2013 Member, Arts & Sciences Curriculum Committee, Fall 2010 – Present Chair, Arts and Sciences Scholar of the Year Committee, 2009 – 2010

Departmental Service Member, Promotion and Tenure Committee 2014 – Fall 2015 Chair, Awards Committee 2012 – Present Chair, Promotion and Tenure Committee 2013 Chair, Search Committee for Middle Grades Coordinator in Teacher Education Spring/Summer 2013 Chair, Dispositions Process Committee 2011 - 2013 Masters of Arts In Teaching Coordinator 2011- Present Chair, Teacher Education Evaluation Forms Norming Committee 2011 - Present Gifted Endorsement Program Coordinator 2010-Present Chair, NCATE Diversity Committee 2010-Present Member, Search Committee for Joint Appointment in English and Education Spring/Summer 2011 Chair, Teacher Education Research Roundtable 2010 - 2013 Member, Search Committee for Assistant Professor of Teacher Education, ESOL, Spring 2010 Chair Search Committee for Assistant Professor of Teacher Education, Secondary Ed., Fall 2009

Revised 8.19.16 Current 4 MAT Developmental Review Committee, CSU 2008-2009

Organizational Service Board Member, Leadership Team Natl. Association for Multicultural Education – GA Chapter (GA NAME) 2013 – Present Member, EmpowerED Education Advisory Committee 2013 - Present Member, GA Professional Standards Commission Board of Examiners 2013 – Present Member, National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME) Political Action Committee 2013 - Present Consulting Editor, African American Learners Journal (ISAAC), 2013- Present Consulting Editor, What’s the Idea? (GA-NAME), 2013 - Present Reviewer, Journal of Negro Education, 2013 – Present State Representative, National Center for Fair and Open Testing 2010 - Present Reviewer, International Journal of Multicultural Education (IJME), Jan 2010 – Present Reviewer, Journal of Moral Education, March 2010 – 2013 Reviewer, Urban Education, 2012 – Present Co-Chair Southwest DeKalb Improvement Association – Education Committee 2013 – 2014 Reviewer, International Journal of Qualitative Research, 2007-2008 Conference Proposal Reviewer, AERA, Division G Annual Conference, Fall 2010, Division B, C, G, and Black Research in Education SIG, 2005-2010 Conference Chair, GA NAME, 2009 – Present Conference Proposal Reviewer, NAME, 2005-2013, 2015 Member of Division C Affirmative Action Committee, AERA, 2007-2009 Member of Transforming Community Project, Emory University, 2007 – 2009

Conference Planning Board for NAME, 2004-05

Affiliations National Center for Fair and Open Testing (Fair Test), GA Assessment Reform Network Coordinator CSU Graduate Faculty, Member Institute for the Study of the African American Child (ISAAC), Fellow National Association for Multicultural Educators (NAME), Member NAME – Georgia Chapter, Vice President, Newsletter Section Editor Association for Moral Education (AME), Member

Certifications Georgia Department of Education Teaching Certification T-7, English 9-12, Gifted Endorsement Quality Matters - Online and Hybrid Course Design Quality Standards Certification

Revised 8.19.16 Current 4 Multi-University Intergroup Dialogue Institute Participant Safe Zone Faculty Training Leadership Essentials: People and Organizational Excellence Stir-Fry Seminars Diversity and Cross-Cultural Facilitation Certification

Relevant Software Knowledge Learning Management Systems: Desire2Learn, Blackboard, WebCT, Moodle, DotNetNuke Media Applications: Photoshop, Ever Web, iMovie, Camtasia, Photostory, Powerpoint, Prezi, Blackboard Collaborate Marketing Applications: Qualtrics Content/Center Management Systems: WC Online

9. Consulting Work

GAPSC Regent’s Advisory Committee for Learning Support, Member Fall 2015 - Present GAPSC Gifted Education Task Force, Member, 2015 GACE (Georgia Assessment for the Certification of Educators) Bias Review Committee, Evaluator 2013 GACE (Georgia Assessment for the Certification of Educators) Reading Committee, Question Developer 2013 Atlanta Public Schools, Project GRAD Writing Specialist 2010-2011 Clayton County Schools, Freshman Academy Evaluator 2009-2010 Metro RESA, Diversity Training Leader 2008-2009

10. Administration and Curriculum Leadership

Director Interim Director, Center for Academic Success – 2015 - Present Master of Arts in Teaching Director 2014 – Present

Coordinator Masters of Arts in Teaching Coordinator 2011-2014 Gifted Endorsement Program Coordinator 2010-Present

Supervisor Masters of Arts Secondary Student Teachers, Fall 2009 – Present, Clayton State University Undergraduate Middle Grades Student Teachers, Fall 2008 - Present, Clayton State University Undergraduate Elementary Student Teachers, Spring 2006, Georgia State University Masters of Arts Secondary Student Teachers, English and Social Studies, Fall 2004 – Spring 2005, Emory University

Revised 8.19.16 Current 4 Reflective Cadre Facilitator Masters of Arts Student Teachers, Fall 2011, Spring 2012-2016, Clayton State University Established and facilitated pre-service teacher dialogues encouraging the development of reflective practices. Masters of Arts Student Teachers, Fall 2006, 2007, Emory University Facilitated pre-service teacher dialogues encouraging the development of reflective practices.

Curriculum/Course Development Graduate Leading the Way in Diverse Schools, CSU, Summer 2012 Characteristics of Multicultural Gifted Learners, CSU, Spring 2012 Identification and Assessment of Gifted Learners, CSU, Spring 2012 Curriculum and Strategies for Gifted Learners, CSU, Spring 2012 Program Development for Gifted Learners, CSU, Spring 2012 Gifted Clinical Practice Internship, CSU, Spring 2012 Action Research for Classroom Teachers, CSU, Spring 2009 Undergraduate Makes me Wanna’ Holler: African American Males and the School-to-Prison Pipeline, CSU, 2015 Bad Teacher or Mr. Holland’s Opus? Representations of Education in Film, CSU, 2014 Characteristics of Multicultural Gifted Learners, CSU, Spring 2012 Identification and Assessment of Gifted Learners, CSU, Spring 2012 Curriculum and Strategies for Gifted Learners, CSU, Spring 2012 Program Development for Gifted Learners, CSU, Spring 2012 Gifted Clinical Practice Internship, CSU, Spring 2012 Classroom Management and Ethics in the Secondary Classroom, CSU, Spring, 2010 Exploring Socio-Cultural Perspectives of Education, CSU, Spring 2009 Transformed Lives: Examining Bullying in K-12 and Beyond, Emory U. 2006 Examining Critical Issues in Multicultural Education, Emory U., 2006 Challenges and Champions, Emory University, 2004 Program M.Ed. Program in Teacher Leadership, Development Team Member, CSU, 2012 Gifted Education Endorsement, Developer, CSU, 2012 Master of Arts in Teaching Program, CSU, 2009 Other Transforming Community Project Curriculum Development Board Member, Emory U., 2008

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Associate Professor of Multicultural Teacher Education Clayton State University, Morrow, GA. Master’s Thesis/Action Research Project Supervision Clayton State University, Morrow, GA Bartlett, Julie, Chair, Fall 2013 Dunmeyer, Adrianne, Chair, Fall 2013 Espinosa, Zuri, Chair, Fall 2013 Robinson, Scott, Chair, Fall 2013 Hurst, John, Chair, Fall 2013 Smith, Tishida, Chair, Fall 2013 Ouanzin, Hemery Pascal, Chair, Fall 2013 Turner, Jarvis, Chair, Fall 2013 Shelton, Mai, Chair, Fall 2012 Talyor, Kelliegh, Chair, Fall 2013

Assistant Professor of Multicultural Teacher Education Clayton State University, Morrow, GA. Master’s Thesis/Action Research Project Supervision Clayton State University, Morrow, GA Boney, Laquanda, Chair, Fall 2012 - Spring 2013 Conn, Madelyn, Chair, Fall 2012 - Spring 2013 The Effects of RTI Reading and Vocabulary Acquisition on Incorporating Math Games into the High School Classroom Reading Comprehension Conyers, Tanya, Chair, Fall 2012 - Spring 2013 Gladden, Kelley, Chair, Fall 2012 - Spring 2013 Silence is not Always Golden: Increasing Engagement and Does Listening to Music Really Make You Smarter? The Participation in Discussion Through Student Choice Mozart Effect and High School Reading Comprehension Matheson, Fern, Chair, Fall 2012 - Spring 2013 McDaniel, Lindsey, Chair, Fall 2012 - Spring 2013 “To Be or Not to Be” Creative That is the Research: Put Me In Coach I’m Ready to Learn: Structure and Developing Student’s Quality of Writing through Creative Expectations on Student Athlete Academic Success Non-Fiction Narrative Smoak, Daniel, Chair, Fall 2012 - Spring 2013 Bland, Matthew, Chair, Fall 2011 - Spring 2012 Increasing Reading Motivation Through Student Choice Determining the Sources of Student Motivation: The Effect of a Student's Environment on Their Academic Success Charaynia, Raziya, Chair, Fall 2011 - Spring 2012 Dees, Darcy, Chair, Fall 2011 - Spring 2012 Mathematics and Motivation The Influence of Physical Classroom Environment on Student Motivation, Engagement and Achievement Favors, Shaneeka, Chair, Fall 2011 - Spring 2012 Willis, Jabril, Chair, Fall 2011 - Spring 2012 A Study of Autonomy, Positive Feedback, and Culturally- It’s Getting Hot in Here: How Classroom Temperature Affects Relevant Contextual Problem Solving in Increasing Intrinsic Student Attentiveness Motivation in African American Secondary Students in the Mathematics Classroom Brown, Jennifer, Chair, Fall 2010 - Spring 2011 Cosby, Joy, Chair, Fall 2010 - Summer 2011 What It Do: Hip Hop Literacy's Socially Responsive 2 Txt or not 2 Txt in Educatory Literacy Practices: That is the Curriculum and Influence on Student Achievement Question Edwards, Shannon, Chair, Fall 2010 - Spring 2011 Harris, Jennifer, Chair, Fall 2010 - Spring 2011 The Effectiveness and Influence of Teaching English Creating Engaging, Culturally Relevant Mathematics Grammar in Context on Student Writing Instruction for Alternative Students

Helliton, Danielle, Chair, Fall 2010 - Summer 2011 Rafter, Aaron, Chair, Fall 2010 - Spring 2011 The Influence of A Hybrid Schedule on Students Learning Reading for Mathematics and Academic Success, and Teacher Planning and Instruction Shubow, Daniel, Chair, Fall 2010 - Winter 2011 Simmons, Eric, Fall 2010 - Summer 2011 Using Problem Solving in the Mathematics Classroom Early Bird Gets the Worm: The Effect of Early Pre-College Counseling in the Goals of Secondary Students Curlee, Jenny, Chair, Fall 2009 - Spring 2010 Cushnie, Nick, Chair, Fall 2009 - Spring 2010 Enhancing Math and Science Education for Girls Addressing Student Absenteeism In Secondary Education

Instructor Emory University, Atlanta, GA, Education and Cultural Diversity - EDS 500; Summer 2004, 2007 Teaching Assistant Emory University, Atlanta, GA, Exceptionalities – Emory University, Atlanta, GA EDS 576; Summer 2005, 2007 NCATE Assistance, Summer 2006

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13. PK-12 Teaching Experience

English Teacher, Grades 10-12, Riverdale High School, Riverdale, GA 2001-2003

English Teacher, Grades 10-12, Lovejoy High School, Lovejoy, GA 1996-2001

Speech, Debate and Yearbook Journalism Teacher, Grades 10-12, Lovejoy High School, Lovejoy, GA 1998-2000

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