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Dr. Phelps-Ward is a Black feminist higher education scholar dedicated to cultivating equitable and just environments for people from minoritized backgrounds through liberatory pedagogy, participatory research, and culturally relevant leadership. With more than a decade of experience at the collegiate level, Dr. Phelps-Ward leads teams with social justice at the forefront. Her scholarship can be found in the Western Journal of Black Studies, Gender & Education, the Journal of Effective Teaching in Higher Education, and in her latest book The Power of Names in Identity and Oppression: Narratives for Equity in Higher Education and Student Affairs, among additional outlets.

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