Darlene Russell Professor • Educational Leadership and Professional Studies Dr. Darlene Russell is a Professor and Fulbright Scholar in the College of Education at William Paterson University. She teaches undergraduate and graduate English methods, literacy, and educational leadership courses. Professor Russell is a core faculty member in the Master of Arts in Higher Education Administration and Master of Education in Educational Leadership Programs, where she teaches leadership studies, educational research, curriculum design, and law and policy courses. Her teaching philosophy rests on three critical pillars: love, hope, and social justice.Dr. Russell is the founder of the Nurturing Culturally Responsive Equity Teachers (NCRET) Project, which focuses on implementing a culturally responsive and anti-racist curriculum in secondary classrooms. Dr. Russell and NCRET scholars have presented at national conferences in over fifteen states. She is also the founder of My Sisters’ Nest, a mentoring group for female college students from underrepresented groups. Her research agenda orbits around critical race theory, culturally responsive-sustaining pedagogy, and Black feminist epistemologies. Languages (other than English) French Degrees Specialization Critical race theory; Culturally responsive pedagogy and leadership; Black feminist epistemologies Representative Publications Using positionality to dismiss the Missy Anne Syndrome in English methods classrooms; 2020 https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/nj-english-journal/vol9/iss1/15/ Representative Presentations A Call to Inspire and Impact Research on Women and Education (RWE) 48th Annual Conference American Educational Research Association (AERA) Las Vegas, NV 2023 Black Women Faculty Warriors: Pedagogy of Transcendence, a conceptual framework for healing and thriving. The Faculty Women of Color in the Academy (FWCA) Virginia Tech Washington, DC, 2023 Faculty Collaboration and the Honors College: Undergraduate student research experiences using the themes of justice and equity 2023 New Jersey Academic Libraries Conference Academic College and Research Libraries of New Jersey , 2023 Awards and Honors 2020 Educator of the Year Award New Jersey Council of Teachers of English (NJCTE) 04/01/2020 Email 973 720 3487 4011 Valley Road By appointment
