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Strengths & Struggles Speakers
Ana Carolina Díaz Beltrán - Advanced doctoral candidate, Curriculum & Instruction at the Pennsylvania State University
Dr. Beth Berila - Director of the Women's Studies Program, Professor of Ethnic and Women's Studies at St. Cloud State University
Brian Davis - Undergraduate student scholar and leader at the Pennsylvania State University
Dr. Christiana Awosan - Assistant Professor, PhD., LMFT, Marriage and Family Therapy Program at Seton Hall University
Donna-Marie Cole-Malott - Advanced doctoral candidate, Curriculum & Instruction at the Pennsylvania State University
Dylan Rogers - Undergraduate Student at Bucknell University
Dr. Fred A. Bonner II - Professor and Endowed Chair in Educational Leadership and Counseling at Prairie View A&M University
Grevelin Ulerio - Undergraduate Student at Bucknell University
Indira Bailey - Doctoral candidate in Art Education and Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies at the Pennsylvania State University
Dr. Jennifer Turner - Associate Professor of Reading Education at University of Maryland College Park
Josh Hunter - Undergraduate student scholar and leader at Bucknell University
Dr. Kakali Bhattacharya - Associate Professor of Educational Leadership & Qualitative Research at Kansas State University
Dr. Kimberly Griffin - Associate Professor of Higher Education, Student Affairs, and International Education Policy at the University of Maryland College Park
Dr. Margaret Ferrara - Director of Elementary, Secondary, and Human Development and Family Studies at the University of Nevada, Reno
Dr. Michael Vavrus - Professor Emeritus, Interdisciplinary Studies at the Evergreen State College
Dr. Nikki Young - Assistant Professor of Women's and Gender Studies and Religion at Bucknell University
Dr. Nina Banks - Associate Professor of Economics and Affiliated Faculty Member in Women's and Gender Studies and Africana Studies at Bucknell University
Pauli Badenhorst - Advanced doctoral candidate: Curriculum & Instruction and Comparative & International Education at the Pennsylvania State University
Dr. Rebecca Bigler Professor of Psychology and Women's and Gender Studies at University of Texas at Austin
Dr. Samantha Pinto - Associate Professor of African American Studies and English at Georgetown University
Dr. Samuel Tanner - Assistant Professor of Literacy Education at Penn State Altoona
Shirah Moffatt-Darko - Undergraduate student at Bucknell University
Dr. Shirley Moody-Turner - Associate Professor of English and African American Studies at the Pennsylvania State University
Dr. Silvia Bettez - Associate Professor in the Cultural Foundations program at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Dr. Stephanie Anne Shelton - Assistant Professor, Qualitative Educational Research at The University of Alabama
Dr. Stephen Graves - Postdoctoral Fellow of Political Science and Black Studies at the University of Missouri
Symone McCollum - Undergraduate student scholar and leader at the Pennsylvania State University
Dr. Wendi Williams - Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, Bank Street College of Education
I'm an Associate Professor of Literacy and Language, African American Studies, and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at The Pennsylvania State University. I focus on dismantling supremacist patriarchies through research, teaching, and coaching. As a sociocultural literacist, I work to understand personal and public voices and stories to solve personal and public problems. I do this by researching the evolutionary nature and function of literacies and texts through the discourses of narrative research. My work exposes impetuses for various personal and social ills such as racism, sexism, and ableism.
I love to meditate way before dawn, work out like a soldier, and shop alone. I prefer rum to wine, jeans to skirts, and like my heels sky high (except when I'm wearing cowboy boots). Every year I ask my stylist to cornrow and bead my hair in homage to Patrice Rushen and Stevie Wonder (if you know of these artists and understand why demonstrating embodied respect for them is important, we can probably be friends). I believe in ghosts, fairies, and hobbits (for real). Musically, I vibe to old school everything (hip hop, R&B, jazz, rock, and classical) and especially dig Hildegard von Bingen. I trust children a little bit more than adults, respect teens for their fearlessness, admire elders for their tenacity, and occasionally prefer the company of dogs to people. I'm really getting into interior design and have a penchant for acquiring east coast real estate. I'm also a survivor of multiple terrors in love.
I invite you to learn more about me and the projects I am involved with at JeanineStaples.com.