REMA REYNOLDS V ASSAR RREYNO15@EMICH. EDU EDUCATION 2009 PhD Urban Schooling University of California, Los Angeles With Honors Distinction 2000 MS School Counseling National University & Administrative Credential Graduated magna cum laude 1997 BA English, Major Western Michigan University Communication & Secondary Education Curriculum, Minors Graduated cum laude, Lee Honors College 1995 AA Liberal Arts, Major Honors College, Kalamazoo with an emphasis in English Valley Community College Graduated magna cum laude, Honors College DISSERTATION “Holla If You Hear Me; Giving Voice to Those We have Missed: A Qualitative Examination of Black Middle Class Parents’ Involvement and Engagement Activities and Relationships in Public Secondary Schools” CHAIR: Dr. Tyrone Howard COMMITTEE MEMBERS: Dr. Mike Rose, Dr. John Rogers, Dr. Kimberly King‐Jupiter AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION AND RESEARCH INTEREST Educational leadership, organization, and school culture in urban and global contexts; administrator, teacher, and counselor preparation; cross‐cultural awareness and competence contextualized in critical educational issues; school and community relations with an emphasis on parent‐school partnerships; race, gender and class implications in schools; interconnections and implications of policy and practice on student achievement and outcomes; access and equity; and literacy instruction in secondary English courses. AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS, AND GRANTS 2019 ‐ Present Morris Endowed Chair, The Leadership Talent Development Project: A Partnership Between Eastern Michigan University (EMU) and the Detroit Public Schools Community District (DPSCD) (funded) 2019 Culture of Research Excellence (CoRE) Faculty Fellowship The EMU/DPSCD Partnership for Leadership Development (funded) 2019 EMU MI‐ACE Women's Network, Influential Women in Leadership Award 2019 Spencer Foundation Community Research Practice Partnerships: Investigating the Influence of Critical Leadership Theories in Leadership Practice: Professional Development with Detroit School Principals to Identify and Dismantle Dehumanizing Policy and Practice in Their Buildings (applied, not funded) CURRICULUM VITAE FOR REMA REYNOLDS 1 2019 Women In Philanthropy ‐ EMU Grant: The Leadership Talent Development Project: A Partnership Between Eastern Michigan University and the Detroit Public Schools Community District (applied, not funded) 2019 James H. Brickley Endowment: The EMU/DPSCD Partnership for Leadership Development (applied, not funded) 2019 Shirley Schwartz Urban Education Impact Award (applied, not funded) 2019 Michigan Civil Rights Commission K‐12 Racial Equity Hearing Buildings and Lead for Equity, Justice, and Access (applied, not funded) 2018 Statewide Family Engagement Centers (SFEC) Grant in partnership with MSU and Michigan Department of Education (applied, not funded) 2018 Supporting Effective Educator Development (SEED) Program Grant: The Leadership Talent Development Project: An EMU/DPSCD Partnership (applied, not funded) 2017 Michigan Department of Education, African American Student Voice Project (funded) 2017 2 Sigma Program Evaluation 2017 National Science Foundation: Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) (applied, not funded) 2014 National Science Foundation: Multimodal Exploration of the Contemporary Single Parent Family Pilot Study Project (MECSPF) (applied, not funded) 2013—2014 Fulbright Hays Fellowship, Belize 2011 – 2012 Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of California, Los Angeles 2010 – 2011 Excellence in Teaching Award, Azusa Pacific University, School of Education 2009 – 2011 UC Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowship, UC Riverside, Riverside, CA 2009 – 2010 Asa G. Hilliard III and Barbara A. Sizemore Fellow of the American Educational Research Association 2009 – 2010 Azusa Pacific University Dean’s Emerging Scholar Award 2008 – 2009 UC All Campus Consortium On Research for Diversity (ACCORD) Fellow 2008 – 2009 UCLA Dissertation Year Funding Fellowship Recipient 2007 – 2008 National Science Foundation University of California Diversity Initiatives for Graduate Study in the Social Sciences 2007 – 2008 UC Diversity In Graduate Study in the Social Sciences Fellow 2007 – 2008 Azusa Pacific University Dean’s Emerging Scholar Award 2007 – 2008 UCLA Department of Education’s Distinguished Teaching Assistant Award 2006 – 2007 Azusa Pacific University Creative Teaching Grant 2006 – 2007 UCLA Graduate Research Mentorship Fellow PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS AND ADMINISTRATION EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY: 2016 ‐Present Associate Professor, Leadership and Counseling UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, URBANA‐ CHAMPAIGN: 2013 ‐2015 Assistant Professor, Education Policy, Organization & Leadership CURRICULUM VITAE FOR REMA REYNOLDS 2 AZUSA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY: 2005 ‐ 2014 Assistant Professor, School Counseling and School Psychology 2008 ‐ 2013 Global Instructor, Master’s in Organizational Leadership (Ethiopia, Kenya, Singapore, Haiti, and Ghana) 2009 ‐ 2011 Director, African American Male Academy UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES: 2012 – 2013 Lecturer, Race, Class, Gender, and School Inequality in the United States 2011 – 2012 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Education 2006 – 2009 Lecturer, Department of Education 2003 – 2007 Field Supervisor, Teacher Education Program, Center X 2007 – 2008 Teaching Assistant, Department of Education UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, RIVERSIDE: 2009 – 2011 University of California Office of the President Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Psychology PUBLIC SCHOOL EXPERIENCE 2008 – 2013 Counselor & Community Liaison, Pasadena Unified School District 2000 – 2007 School Counselor, Downey Unified School District 2003 – 2005 Principal, Downey Unified School District 2003 – 2005 Parent Educator, Downey Adult School, Downey Unified School District 1997 – 2000 Language Arts Educator, Bellflower Unified School District 1996 – 1997 Language Arts Educator: Covert Schools, Covert, MI EDUCATIONAL CREDENTIALS School Counseling Credential (MI) Pupil Personnel Services Credential (CA) Administrative Credential (CA) Secondary Language Arts Credential (CA) CONSULTATION 2009 – Every Student Learning, LLC 2008 – Educational Consultant, Ascend Leadership and Learning, Inc. DISTRICTS PARTNERED WITH AND SUPPORTED: Detroit Public Schools Community District Detroit Parent Collective Plymouth Canton Community Schools Washtenaw Intermediate School District Kent ISD Grand Blanc Academy Glenbard High School District CURRICULUM VITAE FOR REMA REYNOLDS 3 Champaign Community Schools, Unit 4 Los Angeles Unified School District Inglewood Unified School District Corona‐Norco Unified School District Pasadena Unified School District ABC Unified School District Rialto Unified School District Rochester Public Schools Detroit Public Schools SCHOLARSHIP BOOK AND EDITED VOLUME Dixson, A.D., Donner J., and Reynolds, R.E., (2015) eds. Understanding the Relationship Between Race and Education. Teachers College, Columbia University. Fasching‐Varner, K.J, Reynolds, R., Albert, K., Martin, L. (Eds.). (2014). Trayvon Martin, Race, and “American Justice:” Writing Wrong. Sense Publisher, Boston, MA. Cook, D.A. & Reynolds, R. (Eds.) (2014) Critical Race Theory & Teacher Education. [Special Issue]. The Urban Review REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES AND BOOK CHAPTERS Reynolds, R. (in review). What We Go Through: Examining School Leadership’s Collaborative Efforts from the Perspectives of African American Middle‐Class Parents. Educational Administration Quarterly. Reynolds, R. (in review). Don't Make Me Come Up to That School: Making the Case for Culturally Relevant Parent Engagement to Partner with Reluctant Parents for Improved Student Achievement. Urban Education. Reynolds, R. & Barnett III, C. (in review). No Country for Us: A Qualitative Exploration of Black Women Faculty’s Experiences Navigating Isolating Spaces in the Academy. Journal of the Professorate. Reynolds, R. & Crawford, J. (In review). Forming an Engaged Parent Collective: A case study of Black and Latino parent organizing in one diverse urban elementary school. Journal of Negro Education. Crawford, J. & Reynolds, R. (in review). Black Parent Engagement: A raciolinguistic case study of cultural brokering by Black parents and a Black parent liaison in one diverse urban elementary school. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education. Reynolds, R. Odom, D., & Echols, D. (in review). Critical Leadership Theories’ Influences: A Qualitative Investigation with Detroit Principals Confronting Inequitable Policy and Practice. Journal of Educational Administration. CURRICULUM VITAE FOR REMA REYNOLDS 4 Reynolds, R. & Crawford, J. (In press). Teaching Race: An Exploration of a Preparatory Course That Engages Students to Challenge White Supremacy, Marginalization, and Oppression in Schools. Equality, diversity and inclusion: An international journal. Marchand, A., Reynolds, R., Diemer, M., Rowley, S. (2019). Integrating Race, Racism, and Critical Consciousness in Black Parents’ Engagement with Schools. Journal of Family Theory & Review. p.341‐346 Reynolds, R., & *Mayweather, D. (2017). Recounting Racism, Resistance, and Repression: Examining the Experiences and# Hashtag Activism of College Students with Critical Race Theory and Counternarratives. The Journal of Negro Education, 86(3), 283‐304. *student *Clayton, D., *Peoples, L, Dixson, A.D. & Reynolds, R. (2016). The impact of racism on students of color. In Alvin Nemeño Alvarez, PhD, Christopher T. H. Liang, PhD, and Helen A. Neville, PhD., Eds., Contextualizing the