UCLA Graduate School of Education

Ph.D. in Education, 2002

Spencer Foundation Predoctoral Fellow

Emphasis:  Development of the community college professoriate

Dissertation Advisor:  Arthur M. Cohen

Academic Advisor:  Patricia M. McDonough 

Master’s in Education, 1998

Emphases:  Historically Black Colleges and Universities; Effect of affirmative action retrenchment; community college assessment

Harvard University Divinity School

Master of Theological Studies, 1994

Emphasis:  Feminist and other transformative theologies

University of Chicago

Master of Arts in Cultural Anthropology, 1990

Emphasis:  Lesbian community and identity development

Michigan State University, Honors College

Bachelor of Arts with Honors in Cultural Anthropology, 1987

Emphasis:  Anthropology of personhood; Completed second major in psychology; Studied French language and history in Paris sophomore year