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About Deirdre Cobb-Roberts

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 EducationInternational 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.

Positions

Present Associate Professor, University of South Florida
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Honors and Awards

  • University of Illinois College of Education Distinguished Alumni Award 2011
  • Diversity Honor Roll 2009
  • McKnight Juinor Faculty Fellowship 2003

Courses

  • EDF 7530 History of Higher Education in America
  • EDF6883 Issues in Multicultural Education
  • EDF 6517 History of Education in the U.S.
  • EDF 3604 Social Foundations of Education

Education

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PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Contact Information

Deirdre Cobb-Roberts, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
University of South Florida
Dept of Educational and Psychological Studies, EDU 380
Tampa, Florida 33620
email: cobbrob@usf.edu
skype: dcobb-roberts
office: 381K
phone: 813-974-8119
fax: 813-974-5814

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Diversity in Higher Education (6)

Diversity and Higher Education (1)

Mentoring (3)

History of Education (6)

Teaching Works (2)

Higher Education and Caregiving (1)