Roshaunda Breeden
she/her
Assistant Professor of Higher Education Opportunity, Equity, and Justice
Research Affiliate - Belk Center for Community College Leadership and Research
ELPHD
rlmclean@ncsu.eduBio
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
- Communal Rest Is Resistance: A Spiritual Balm for Black Faculty in Academe , JOURNAL OF DIVERSITY IN HIGHER EDUCATION (2025)
- Strategies to Support Equity‐Driven Practices in Rural Colleges , New Directions for Community Colleges (2025)
- #FatResearchersOnCampus: Ends, Means, and Radical Possibilities of Research Teams as Healing Counterspace , Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) Annual Conference (2024)
- A Chair Is Still a Chair: Fat Students, Campus Environments, and Body Terrorism , Departures in Qualitative Research (2024)
- 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)
- Departures and Arrivals: On the Importance of Researching Dangerously , New Directions for Higher Education (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)
Groups
Honors and Awards
- 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)
News
- Belk Center Postdoctoral Scholar Roshaunda Breeden Receives Bobby Wright Dissertation of the Year Award from the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE)
- Roshaunda Breeden honored for role in advocating student involvement
- Fat On Campus: Mitigating Anti-Fat Bias in the Classroom
- ACPA Employment Report - 21st Century Employment