Jessica T. Decuir-Gunby

• In Event: Researching Race and Ethnicity in the Study of Learning and Motivation in Social and Cultural Contexts

Abstract

Jessica T. Decuir-Gunby, is an associate professor of Educational Psychology in the Department of Curriculum, Instruction, & Counselor Education at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina. DeCuir-Gunby earned her BS degree with a double major in Psychology and Spanish from Louisiana State University in 1998. She earned both her MA and PhD degrees in Educational Psychology at the University of Georgia in 2000 and 2003, respectively. Her work has been featured in top-tier education journals such as Educational Psychologist, Educational Researcher, and Review of Educational Research. She recently served as Co-PI on two NSF funded grants as the methodologist: the Nurturing Mathematics Dreamkeepers (NMD) grant ($3.6 million) and the ADVANCE grant for leadership ($300,000). Both grants were multidisciplinary and explored important issues in diversity and STEM including the impact of culture on teaching and learning of K-2 mathematics (NMD) and the underrepresentation of women of color in engineering (ADVANCE). DeCuir-Gunby’s research and theoretical interests include race and racial identity development, critical race theory, mixed methods research, and emotions in education. Her work uses a Critical Race Theory framework to examine African Americans’ experiences with race and its influence on their racial identity development. Currently, she is exploring the impact of racial micro-aggressions, racial identity, and coping mechanism, as they relate to the personal job satisfaction of African American faculty.

Author

• Jessica T. Decuir-Gunby, North Carolina State University