Tambra O. Jackson, Ph.D. (Michigan State University) is an Assistant Professor in the Elementary Education program. Her research interests include teacher learning across the career span (preservice, induction and continued professional development) that specifically focuses on preparing teachers for diversity, preparing teachers to teach for social justice, and culturally responsive teaching and pedagogy. Her current projects focus on the preparation and support of program interns as teachers at a Children’s Defense Fund Freedom School.

            Dr. Jackson is a recipient of NCTE’s Cultivating New Voices Fellowship and a participant and contributor for AERA’s Division G Research Project. She currently teaches EDEL 506 - Integrated Curriculum in Elementary Schools, EDTE J711 - Ideas and Issues in Teaching, and EDCS 721 - Social Class Diversity and the Curriculum.

Areas of Expertise

• Teacher Learning
• Culturally Responsive Teaching
• Teaching for Social Justice
• Preparing Teachers to Teach for Diversity
• Urban Education

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