Keonya Booker
Interim Dean, Graduate School and Associate Professor
Keonya Booker is an associate professor of teacher education. She earned her Ph.D. in educational psychology, measurement and evaluation from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her research and scholarship focus on school belongingness, mentoring and classroom community for students of color. Booker previously served as associate dean in the Graduate School, and managed and reviewed graduate curriculum proposals. She coordinated the assessment of individual graduate programs within each school. As advisor to the Graduate Student Association, she supports graduate student events, facilitate programming and address issues and complaints that may arise. Booker teaches both graduate and undergraduate students in the Department of Teacher Education.
Education
1998: B.A. in Psychology; College of William and Mary
2000: M.Ed. in School Psychology; College of William and Mary
2003: Ph.D. in Education (Educational Psychology, Measurement, and Evaluation); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Career Highlights
2024-present: Interim Dean; Graduate School; College of Charleston
2022-2024: Associate Dean; Graduate School; Graduate School; College of Charleston
2021-2022: Interim Associate Dean; Graduate School; College of Charleston
2019-present: Associate Professor; Department of Teacher Education; College of Charleston
2014-2019: Assistant Professor; Department of Teacher Education; College of Charleston
2013-2014: Adjunct Professor; Department of Teacher Education; College of Charleston
2011-2013: Faculty Development Specialist; Adjunct Faculty; Winston-Salem State Univ.
2008-02009: Assistant Professor; Educational Research; Univ. of North Carolina at Charlotte
2005-2008: Assistant Professor; Educational Psychology; University of Virginia
Honors and Awards
2019: Nominated for the College of Charleston Distinguished Teaching Award
2019: Recipient of the ExCEL Outstanding Faculty of the Year Award for the School of Education, Health, and Human Performance
2021: Nominated for the ExCEL Outstanding Faculty of the Year Award for the School of Education, Health, and Human Performance
2021: Recipient of the Department of Teacher Education Live Oak Award
2021: Recipient of the Department of Teacher Education Zen Cougar Award
Selected as University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Gordon Fellowship Recipient
Selected as Lynchburg College Jesse Ball duPont Intern
Selected as Member, Order of Omega Greek Honor Society
1996-1997: Selected as All-American Scholar