LaVada Taylor Brandon
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LaVada Taylor Brandon, Ph.D. |
LaVada Taylor Brandon is an Associate Professor of Multicultural and Social Studies Education. A former social studies educator, she began teaching in secondary schools in 1991. Dr. Brandon completed her doctoral studies at Louisiana State University where she received a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction with concentrated emphasis in Curriculum Theory. She earned her Bachelor's degree in Political Science and Public Administration from Fisk University and received a Master's degree in Education Administration and Supervision of Instruction from Tennessee State University. Dr. Brandon's areas of research include critical examination of race, class, gender, and language in k-12 teaching and teacher education experiences as well as oral history as classroom pedagogy. Presently, Dr. Brandon is writing her first book, Tapping the Power From Within: African American learners experiencing oral history as real education under contract with Hampton Press. |
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Department
of Teacher Preparation
Gyte Annex, Room 151
2200 169th Street
Hammond, Indiana 46323-2094
Hours:
Monday - Friday:
8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Phone:
219-989-2360
1-800 HI-PURDUE, x.2360
Locally within Indiana & Illinois
