African American Women Educators: A Critical Examination of Their Pedagogies, Educational Ideas, and Activism from the Nineteenth to the Mid-twentieth - Paperback

by Karen A. Johnson (Editor), Abul Pitre (Editor), Kenneth L. Johnson (Editor)

This book examines the lived experiences and work of African American women educators during the 1880s to the 1960s.

Author Biography

Karen A. Johnson is an Associate Professor at the University Utah where she teaches graduate-level courses in the Department of Education, Culture, and Society. She also teaches in the Ethnic Studies Program and is the Coordinator in the African American Studies division.

Abul Pitre received his Ph.D. from Colorado State University. Currently he is Professor and Department Head of Educational Leadership and Counseling at Prairie View A&M University, where he teaches Multicultural Education for Educational Leaders, Leadership, and Afrocentric Leadership Literacy. Dr. Pitre's current research interests are in the areas of multicultural education for school leaders, critical theories in leadership, and the educational philosophy of Elijah Muhammad. He was appointed Edinboro University's first named professor for his outstanding work in African-American education and held the distinguished title of the Carter G. Woodson Professor of Education.

Kenneth L. Johnson is a pastor at Bethel Baptist Church in Pocatello, Idaho. He is also a doctoral candidate at the University of Utah, in the Department of Education, Culture, and Society.