S1 E9: Unlearning School Leadership with Dr. Jamel Adkins-Sharif

Dr. Jamel Adkins-Sharif talks about the history of bias in the school system and how it manifests today.

Dr. Jamel Adkins-Sharif is Assistant Professor of Professional Practice at Rutgers University Graduate School of Education. Jamel holds an EdD in Urban Education, Leadership and Policy Studies from the University of Massachusetts-Boston. Using critical and decolonial lenses, his research explores racial and social justice, leadership, and coloniality in schools. He also serves as the Boston Director for Eskolta School Research and Design, a nonprofit engaging in culturally sustaining school transformation. Jamel has had a successful career as a special education teacher of history and mathematics in New York City, and was founding principal of both an elementary charter and a district middle school in Massachusetts.

Learn more about Dr. Jamel at:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamel-adkins-sharif-edd-jd-0a470345/