Traci Baxley

“There must exist a paradigm, a practical model for social change that includes an understanding of ways to transform consciousness that are linked to efforts to transform structures.”
— Bell Hooks

Dr. Traci Baxley is an Associate Professor and the Coordinator of the Social Foundations: Multicultural Education Program Area. She received her doctoral degree in Curriculum and Instruction, with an area of specialization in Literacy. Prior to higher education, Dr. Baxley proudly served as an elementary classroom teacher in the public school system. Her research interests include Multicultural Literature, Critical Literacy, Identity Development and Urban Education. Her service and scholarship focus on developing partnerships with vulnerable groups in the schools and the community.

”The challenge...is to evoke a sense of community that we need to make our nation a better place, just as we make it a safer place.”
— Marian Wright Edelman

Websites of Interest

• Rethinking Schools
• Teaching Tolerance
• EdChange

Publication Selections

• Living the Literature

Undergraduate Courses Taught

• EDF 2085 
• EDF 3610 
• LAE 4353 
• RED 4308
• RED 4750

Graduate Courses Taught

• EDF 6615 
• EDF 6637 
• EDF 6800 
• EDG 5931 
• EDG 6253 
• EDG 5931 
• LAE 6415 
• RED 6303