Associate Professor
Kennesaw State University
Dr. Sheryl J. Croft is an Associate Professor of Educational Leadership in Bagwell College of Education of Kennesaw State University, Program Chair of the Doctorate Educational Leadership, and Director of Teaching in the Urban South (TITUS), a multi-state affiliation of scholars dedicated to providing and ensuring educational opportunities for marginalized students throughout the Southeast. As a veteran scholar and practitioner with over forty-five years in education, she has served in every level of leadership from principal to assistant school superintendent. Her work embodies practice and research that seek to improve educational opportunities for students marginalized by systemic inequities.
Her research practice and scholarship explore the ramifications of national and state educational reform within school settings, authentic collaborations between K-12 and higher education, and the ways in which school leaders using historical paradigms can provide educational opportunities for all students. Her recent works including her co-edited work Living the Legacy of African American Education: A Model for University and School Engagement exemplify how contemporary educators may use historic educational models engage with P-12 educators to mitigate and inform contemporary leadership practices. She is also recipient of several school leadership and a lifetime educational achievement award. She is a member of Divisions A, G of AERA. Croft earned her PhD in 2013 from Emory University’s Division of Educational Studies with a focus on the intersectionality between educational reform policy and its implementation in an African American school district.
Saturday, February 17, 2024
10:00 AM – 10:20 AM MST