Dr. Byrd grew up in Gastonia, North Carolina. She received her bachelor’s degree in psychology from Agnes Scott College and a masters degree in psychology and PhD in education and psychology from the University of Michigan, and was a National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow at Michigan State University in the Department of Teacher Education.

Programs

•  Program: Teacher Education and Learning Sciences
  • Educational Equity PhD
  • Educational Psychology Master’s and PhD

Courses Taught

• EDP/ECD 575 Multicultural Lifespan Development
• ED 711 Applied Quantitative Methods in Education II
• ECI 709 Teaching about Identities, Diversity, and Equity

Honors and Awards

• Ford Foundation Fellow, Predoctoral ’09, Dissertation ’11

Editorial Boards

• Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Services and Engagements

• Faculty Director, #PassTheMicYouth