"On Spiritual Strivings": Black Women Teacher Educators Honoring the Work of Dr. Cynthia Dillard

Session Type: Invited Speaker Session

Abstract

In this session, a panel of Black women teacher educators will share the ways in which Dr. Cynthia Dillard’s scholarship has influenced their thinking, research and the ways they navigate academia as a Black woman scholars. Additionally, they will share how Dr. Dillard’s work has been instrumental for the field of teaching and teacher education and how Dr. Dillard’s transformative scholarship has left a legacy for future generations of educators. This session will conclude with discussant remarks from Dr. Dillard on ways we should see teacher education research as both intellectual and spiritual endeavors as we strive to end oppression and work toward a better humanity for all.

Sub Unit

• Division K - Teaching and Teacher Education

Chairs

• Gholnecsar E. Muhammad, Georgia State University

• Chonika Coleman King, The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

Speakers

• Erika C. Bullock, University of Wisconsin - Madison

• Qiana M. Cutts, Mississippi State University

• Marcelle M. Haddix, Syracuse University

• Bettina L. Love, University of Georgia

• Detra Price-Dennis, Teachers College, Columbia University

• Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz, Teachers College, Columbia University

Discussant

• Cynthia B. Dillard, University of Georgia