Person

Gist, Conra

1978

PhD, is an Asst. Prof. in the Dept. of Curriculum and Instruction at the Univ. of Arkansas and holds a Ph.D. in Urban Educ. at the City Univ. of N.Y. (CUNY) Grad. Center. Her research agenda integrates two key areas of study--teacher diversity and teacher development--and takes an interdisciplinary approach to explore how culturally responsive pedagogy, critical social theories (e.g., black feminisms, critical teacher development), and African American History intersect to produce just and transformative teaching and learning possibilities. She started her teaching career in Brooklyn, NY as a fourth grade teacher and has served in various leadership capacities such as a New York City Teaching Fellow Selector and prof. development designer for the New York City Office of Teacher Effectiveness. She is also Principal Investigator of the "GYO Community Voices Project," an initiative that challenges the silencing of Teachers of Color through the development and featuring of teacher testimonies to combat deficit perspectives on the value community based Teachers of Color add to the teaching profession