Teaching

LaToya holds a PhD in Educational Policy Studies and a graduate certificate in Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies from Georgia State University, a Masters Degree in Educational, Leadership and Policy Studies from New York University, and a B.S. in Journalism and Masters Degree in Public Administration from Florida A&M University. She has significant quantitative and qualitative analysis skills with experience in:

LaToya has taught and is certified to teach the courses listed below: 

Action Research in Education

This course introduces students to action research as a method of improving teaching and learning at the postsecondary level. Students will gain hands-on experience doing research in classrooms and other learning environments. The course pushes students to explore the relative strengths and potential challenges of different approaches to ethical classroom research, with a focus on assessing student learning and development outcomes.

Case Study in Education

This course provides an in-depth training in case study theory, design, and methods. Through readings, discussions, exercises, and mini-lectures, students learn through hands-on practice how to select units of analysis, control data quality, and collect, analysis, and report data. Upon the conclusion of the course, students will have completed a pilot case study on the educational or social topic of their choice and develop an understanding of implications for further study.

Discourse Analysis

This course introduces students to the theories and methods for the analysis of discourse in educational settings. Students will study, practice, and reflect on the methods of different approaches or traditions. Issues related to data collection, negotiating access to the field, ethics, and representation will be of particular importance. Approaches and definitions of “discourse analysis” are many and varied. There is wide variance amongst the assumptions and interests of discourse analysts, and among the models of discourse analysis they apply. Often the term is used to mean language-in-use within social contexts. Discourse analysts also explore electronic domains and discourse as expressed through image and multimodality. This course explores theory and methods for the analysis of discourse in educational settings, with a specific focus on equity.