Darlene Russell
Professor • Educational Leadership and Professional Studies
Dr. Russell is the founder of the Nurturing Culturally Responsive Equity Teachers (NCRET) Project, which focuses on implementing a culturally responsive and anti-racist curriculum in secondary classrooms. Dr. Russell and NCRET scholars have presented at national conferences in over fifteen states. She is also the founder of My Sisters’ Nest, a mentoring group for female college students from underrepresented groups. Her research agenda orbits around critical race theory, culturally responsive pedagogy and Black feminist epistemologies.
Languages (other than English)
FrenchDegrees
Specialization
English Education, Culturally Responsive Pedagogy and Leadership, Black Female Professoriate Epistemologies
Representative Publications
Using positionality to dismiss the Missy Anne Syndrome in English methods classrooms;
2020
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/nj-english-journal/vol9/iss1/15/
Representative Presentations
Black Women Faculty Warriors: Pedagogy of Transcendence, a conceptual framework for healing and thriving.
Awards and Honors
01/01/2020
Media
Named Editor of Proudflesh: The New Afrikan Journal of Culture, Politics & Consciousness
https://www.wpunj.edu/articles/news/2022-10-20/professor-darlene-russell-named-editor-of-proudflesh-the-new-afrikan-journal-of-culture-politics-consciousness/
Fellowships, Grants and Research
Mosaic voices: Examining the literacy experiences of African American and Latino/a students in college remedial reading courses
Mosaic voices: Examining the literacy experiences of African American and Latino/a students in college remedial reading courses
Notable Courses Taught
