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DR. SONYA DOUGLASS
Sonya Douglass, Ed.D. is Professor of Education Leadership and Vice Chair of the Department of Organization and Leadership at Teachers College, Columbia University. Her research interests include: education policy, politics, and leadership; school segregation and desegregation; critical race theory in education; Black and African American education and leadership; and leadership for social justice. She has published more than 20 journal articles and five books including: Learning in a Burning House: Inequality, Ideology, and (Dis)integration (Teachers College Press, 2011) and The Politics of Education Policy in an Era of Inequality: Possibilities Toward Democratic Schooling (Routledge, 2019).
Professor Douglass also serves as Founding Director of the Black Education Research Center (BERC) at Teachers College, which analyzes and conducts research focused on improving the educational experiences and outcomes of Black students in the U.S. and throughout the world. Learn more here.
DR. CHERYL HOLCOMB-MCCOY
Dr. Holcomb-McCoy is currently the Dean of the School of Education and a Distinguished Professor at American University (AU). An American Counseling Association (ACA) Fellow, Dr. Holcomb-McCoy has written extensively and is the author of the best-selling book (including a revised edition) School Counseling to Close Opportunity Gaps: A Social Justice and Antiracist Framework for Success (Corwin Press) and the recent edited book, Antiracist Counseling in Schools and Communities (ACA Publishing).
In her seven years as Dean, Dr. Holcomb-Mccoy has significantly increased enrollments via the launch of successful online graduate programs and through new partnerships such as becoming the higher education partner with Urban Teachers. In addition, she founded AU’s Summer Institute on Education, Equity and Justice, and the AU Teacher Pipeline Project. A decorated scholar, she has written more than 100 publications. Learn more here.
DR. DWAYNE KWAYSEE WRIGHT
Dwayne Kwaysee Wright is an Assistant Professor of Higher Education Administration and the Director of DEI Initiatives at the Graduate School for Education and Human Development at George Washington University. A first-generation college and professional student, Dr. Wright earned his Doctor of Philosophy in Higher Education from Pennsylvania State University. He also holds a Juris Doctor from the Pennsylvania State University Dickinson School of Law, a Master of Education from Penn State’s College of Education, and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from The Norfolk State University (an HBCU).
Dr. Wright’s research and social activism seek to advance educational opportunity and equity for all students, particularly those historically oppressed and marginalized in American society. His research is located within three broad theoretical frameworks: Critical Race Theory, Sociocultural Theory, and Critical Pedagogy. His legal research interest focuses primarily on education law, First Amendment jurisprudence, the impact of identity on learning and learners, and American equal protection theory particularly when in analyzing race conscious admissions. Learn more here.
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