LaVada Taylor Brandon is an Associate Professor of Multicultural
and Social Studies Education. A former social studies educator,
she began teaching in secondary schools in 1991.
Dr. Brandon completed her doctoral studies at Louisiana
State University where she received a Ph.D. in Curriculum
and Instruction with concentrated emphasis in Curriculum
Theory. She earned her Bachelor’s degree in Political
Science and Public Administration from Fisk University and
received a Master’s degree in Education Administration
and Supervision of Instruction from Tennessee State University.
Dr. Brandon’s areas of research include critical examination
of race, class, gender, and language in k-12 teaching and
teacher education experiences as well as oral history as
classroom pedagogy. Presently, Dr. Brandon is writing her
first book, Tapping the Power From Within: African American
learners experiencing oral history as real education under
contract with Hampton Press.
Currently serving PUC as Department Head of the Department
of Teacher Preparation, Dr. Brandon also teaches EDPS 285-Diversity
and Education and EDCI 347 -Strategies for Secondary Social
Studies Methods. |
