Associate Professor
University of Maryland Eastern Shore
Kala Burrell-Craft serves as the newest faculty member in the School of Education as an Associate Professor in the Educational Leadership program. Prior to joining us here at UMES, Dr. Burrell-Craft served as the Director of Teacher Residencies at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, and Program Coordinator for a federally funded state personnel development grant at Louisiana State University. At ODU, Dr. Burrell-Craft lead college-wide initiatives centered on DEI as the co-director of the Anti-Racist Leadership Learning Initiative for Equity and Deconstructing Racism & Oppression (ALLIED) committee and as college facilitator for Bold, Inclusive Conversations.
Dr. Burrell-Craft has presented at the regional, national, and international level at various professional conferences on topics related to identity development, educational spaces (urban and rural), antiracist teacher preparation (culturally responsive pedagogy), critical literacies (critical race theory), and social justice. She was recognized by the Virginia Association of Colleges and Teacher Educators for her role in promoting partnerships between Virginia public schools and universities. She was also awarded a 2022 John R. Broderick Diversity Champion Award by the Office of Institutional Equity & Diversity at Old Dominion University, and the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) 2022 Best Practice in Multicultural Education and Diversity Award for her work in teacher preparation.
Dr. Burrell-Craft earned her B.A. degree in English from Bowie State University, M.A. degree in Special Education from the University of Phoenix, a Post-Graduate degree in Educational Leadership from Towson University, and an Educational Specialist and Ph.D. degree in Educational Leadership and Research from Louisiana State University.
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