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Deirdre Cobb-Roberts, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Social Foundations in the Department of Educational and Psychological Studies. She was also a recipient of the McKnight Faculty Fellowship (2003) and the Distinguished Alumni Award-University of Illinois (2011). Her research focuses on historical and contemporary challenges of equity and treatment in American higher education with an emphasis on mentoring, teacher preparation, and social (in)justice in education. She has presented her research at major conferences including the American Educational Research Association, American Educational Studies Association, History of Education Society, and the Critical Race Studies in Education Association. Dr. Cobb-Roberts’ publications include multiple book chapters and articles in the History of Education Quarterly, American Educational Research Journal, Journal of Teacher Education, International Journal of Educational Policy, Research and Practice, Educational Considerations, Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning and NASPA Journal about Women in Higher Education, amongst others. She has a co-edited book, Schools as Imagined Communities: The Creation of Identity, Meaning and Conflict in U.S. history, and recently co-authored a book on Black Women, Academe, and the Tenure Process in the United States and the Caribbean.
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Education/Academic qualification
PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Disciplines
- Education
- Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education
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Mentoring from within Developing a virtual mentoring curriculum for a network of cult diverse women faculty.pdf
Agosto, V., Beck, M., Nganga, C., Unterreiner, A., Aragon, A., Esnard, T., Cobb-Roberts, D., Agosto, V., Karanxha, Z. & Wu, K., 2022, In: The Journal of Faculty Development. 36Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Esnard and CobbRoberts_2019 Breaching the Walls of Academe AfroCaribbean Immigrant Women.pdf
Cobb-Roberts, D., Oct 25 2019, In: Multidisciplinary Journal of Gender Studies.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Race, Gender and Mentoring in Higher Education: A Metasynthesis
Cobb-Roberts, D., Esnard, T., Unterreiner, A., Agosto, V., Karanxha, Z., Beck, M. & Wu, K., 2017, The SAGE Handbook of Mentoring..Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Race, Gender and Mentoring in Higher Education: A Metasynthesis
Cobb-Roberts, D., Esnard, T., Unterreiner, A., Agosto, V., Karanxha, Z., Beck, M. & Wu, K., 2017, In: The SAGE Handbook of Mentoring..Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Critical Race Media Literacy and Critical Incidents of Retreating to Teachable Moments
Agosto, V., Karanxha, Z. & Cobb-Roberts, D., Jan 1 2016, Envisioning Critical Race Praxis in Higher Education Through Counter-Storytelling.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Prizes
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Diversity Honor Roll 2009
Cobb-Roberts, D. (Recipient), 2009
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McKnight Juinor Faculty Fellowship 2003
Cobb-Roberts, D. (Recipient), 2003
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University of Illinois College of Education Distinguished Alumni Award 2011
Cobb-Roberts, D. (Recipient), 2011
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)