Roshaunda Breeden

Assistant Professor of Higher Education Opportunity, Equity, and Justice

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Research Affiliate - Belk Center for Community College Leadership and Research

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Bio

Roshaunda L. Breeden (she/her) is an assistant professor at North Carolina State University and an affiliate faculty member at the Belk Center for Community College Leadership and Research. Her work centers on creating equitable learning environments for minoritized students, leaders, and communities. As a critical scholar and researcher, Dr. Breeden‘s research departs from more traditional methods, which are often jargon-laden and slow to reach decision-makers, to modes of scholarship that are timely and digestible for all. Dr. Breeden‘s work has been published in the Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, the Review of Higher Education, and the Journal for Women and Gender in Higher Education.

Education

Bachelors of Art Psychology NC State University

Bachelors of Art Africana Studies NC State University

Masters of Education College Student Affairs Administration The University of Georgia

Doctorate of Philosophy College Student Affairs Administration The University of Georgia

Area(s) of Expertise

• Qualitative methodologies including participatory action research, visual, and critical methodologies
• Campus-community racial relations
• Diversity, equity, and inclusion in higher education
• College access, persistence, and success for Black students
• Social class in higher education
• Advising and student affairs leadership

Publications

Achieving Equity at Rural Community Colleges: Case Studies from North Carolina , Race and Rurality: Considerations for Advancing Higher Education Equity (2024)
Black Women Have Bad Days Too: Exploring the Pressure of the Superwoman Complex , East Carolina University’s Black Student Success Summit (2024)
Linnentown: The Musical , (2024)
#FatonCampus: Students Navigating Place and Space in Fat Bodies , ECU 2023 Student Success Conference (2023)
Achieving Equity at Rural Community Colleges , Race and Rurality (2023)
Achieving Equity at Rural Community Colleges: Case Studies from North Carolina , 2023 Council for the Study of Community Colleges (CSCC) (2023)
BLACK WOMEN, WHITE COATS: BLACK WOMEN UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS' USE OF COMMUNITY CULTURAL WEALTH TO PERSIST IN HEALTHCARE CAREERS , Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering (2023)
Disrupting and Reimagining Faculty Success , Creating Space for Ourselves as Minoritized and Marginalized Faculty (2023)
Equity Case Studies on Rural Community Colleges: A Blueprint for Campus Change , Community College Journal of Research and Practice (2023)
Equity in Action: Reconnecting Adult Learners to Community Colleges in North Carolina , Journal of Applied Research in the Community College (2023)

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Groups

Bobby Wright Dissertation of the Year Award: The Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE), San Juan, Puerto Rico (2021)
Roger B. Winston Outstanding Doctoral Student Award: College Student Affairs Administration, University of Georgia (2021)
40 for 40 Black Alumni Award: North Carolina State University, Alumni Association (2019)
40 under 40 Award Recipient: Think Smart Pre-College Program (2017)
Nkonsonkonson Staff Award: North Carolina State’s African American Cultural Center (2016)
Student Advocate Award: North Carolina State’s Center for Student Leadership Ethics and Service (2015)
Community Director of the Year: North Carolina Central University’s Department of Residential Life (2012)
East Carolina University - Diversity Profiles Award (2024)