Creating Caring and Supportive Educational Environments for Meaningful Learning - Softcover

Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Kisha Daniels has worked extensively in the areas of teaching and learning with children, public school teachers, administrators, and university students for over 25 years. She holds a BA in elementary education, master’s degrees in school counseling and administration, a specialist certification in curriculum and instruction, and a doctoral degree in educational leadership from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. As a teacher and administrator in large, urban school districts, she has devoted her work to utilizing and researching engaging curriculum that supports diverse learning styles. During her academic tenure,she was an Associate Professor of Education Leadership and has held joint appointments as Director for the Office of Community Service Learning and the Office of Faculty Professional Development and was the Principal Investigator (Education Core) of a National Institute of Health P20 grant that focused on increasing underrepresented populations to pursue cardio-metabolic research careers. She currently teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in the Program in Education at Duke University. She is actively involved with building and sustaining community partnerships in an effort to extend the scholarship of teaching through service learning. This guided her path to focus on teacher quality, the impact of collaborative teaching and community engagement to which she is credited with published books, journal articles, international research awards and a university Teaching Excellence award.

Katrina Billingsley has an extensive history of working in higher education in program management and student development. Specifically, she has largely worked with pre-service teachers as well as students from across disciplines preparing them with the tools needed to understand diversity while serving students, parents and others. She holds a BA in political science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a Master of Arts in career counseling from NC Central University and a Doctorate of Philosophy in Counseling and Counselor Education from NC State University. She is a National Certified Counselor (NCC) and a NC Licensed Professional Counselor Associate (NCLPCA). Dr. Billingsley has experience working in private practice and in community mental health with diverse clients. Dr. Billingsley currently serves as an adjunct professor in clinical mental health.