Keonya Booker

Interim Dean, Graduate School and Associate Professor

Education  

B.A. in Psychology; College of William and Mary 
M.Ed. in School Psychology; College of William and Mary 
Ph.D. in Education (Educational Psychology, Measurement, and Evaluation); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 

Research Interests 

• African American Adolescent Development 
• Classroom Community, Sense of School Belonging and Academic Achievement 
• Effects of Mentorship at the Postsecondary Level

Courses Taught

• EDFS 303: Human Growth and Development and the Educational Process (Undergraduate) 
• EDFS 654: Human Growth and Development (Graduate) 
• EDEE 407: Creating Learning Environments (Undergraduate) 
• EDEE 690: Creating Effective Learning Communities (Graduate) 
• EDFS 450: Classroom and Behavior Management (Undergraduate) 
• EDFS 550: Classroom and Behavior Management (Graduate) 
• MTLA 702: Research and Development Project (Graduate) 
• EDFS 632: Learning, Cognition, and Motivation (Graduate) 

Honors & Awards

• Recipient of the 2019 ExCEL Outstanding Faculty of the Year Award for the School of Education, Health, and Human Performance  
• Nominated for 2019 College of Charleston Distinguished Teaching Award  
• Recipient of the Department of Teacher Education Live Oak Award (February 2021) 
• Recipient of the Department of Teacher Education Zen Cougar Award (September 2021) 
• Nominated for the 2021 ExCEL Outstanding Faculty of the Year Award for the School of Education, Health, and Human Performance  
• Selected as University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Gordon Fellowship Recipient 

Press & Media

Media interview with Post and Courier: Charleston private school builds ‘confidence pipeline’ to empower girls in social media age | News | postandcourier.com