Lifting as We Climb: A Black Woman’s Reflections on Teaching and Learning at One Southern HBCU

Authors

  • Shawn Arango Ricks

Abstract

This is an article for JCT Special Issue –Narrative of Curriculum in
the South: Lives In-Between Contested Race, Gender, Class, and Power

Author Biography

Shawn Arango Ricks

Dr. Ricks is an Assistant Professor and Program Coordinator of Rehabilitation Studies at Winston-Salem State University, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.  Prior to joining Winston-Salem State University, Dr. Ricks taught in the areas of social justice and human services.  During her time at WSSU, she has chaired and co-chaired numerous committees, and currently serves as the co-chair for the Council on Diversity and Equity of the National Council on Rehabilitation Education.  In addition, she is past-president of the Southern Organization for Human Services (SOHS) and an appointed member of the North Carolina Practice Improvement Collaborative. She received her Ph. D. from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in Educational Leadership and Cultural Foundations, and her Masters and Bachelor degrees from The Pennsylvania State University, University Park.  Dr. Ricks has been an invited speaker and facilitator in the areas of diversity, equity and social justice for numerous non-profit agencies.  Her research interests include the psychosocial development of Black women in the academy, raising Black children in “post-racial” America, and supervision and assessment of field placements for undergraduate students.

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Published

2013-02-25

Issue

Vol. 28 No. 3 (2012): Journal of Curriculum Theorizing

Section

General Themes

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