Rate My Professor Donyell Roseboro

Dr. Donyell Roseboro is a Professor in the Department of Instructional Technology, Foundations, and Secondary Education at the University of North Carolina Wilmington's Watson College of Education. She earned a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Teaching with a concentration in Cultural Studies from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, where her dissertation examined icons of power and landscapes of protest in the student movement for the Sonja Haynes Stone Black Cultural Center at UNC-Chapel Hill. She also holds an M.A. in History from Wake Forest University with a thesis on African American religious experiences in Wachovia from 1822-1857, a B.A. in Secondary Education from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a concentration in History, and a Certificate in Women’s and Gender Studies from UNC Greensboro. Her career at UNCW spans from 2007, beginning as Assistant Professor in Secondary Social Studies Education and Foundations of Education, progressing to Associate Professor, Director of the Professional Development System managing partnerships with 146 public schools across 12 districts, Department Chair leading 23 faculty members, Associate Dean for Teacher Education and Outreach overseeing multiple units including lab schools, and Chief Diversity Officer from July 2020 until her transition back to the faculty in August 2024. She has served as Graduate Coordinator for the M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction Specialization and Program Coordinator for the Doctoral Specialization in Educational Administration and the Master of Arts in Teaching, Secondary Education.

Dr. Roseboro's scholarly work centers on feminist theory and democratic education. She authored Jacques Lacan and Education: A Critical Introduction (Sense Publishers, 2008) and co-edited The Sexuality Curriculum and Youth Culture (Peter Lang, 2011), which received the Critics Choice Book Award from the American Educational Studies Association. Key peer-reviewed articles include "Dismantling the architecture of ‘good’ teaching" in Implications of Race and Racism in Student Evaluation of Teaching (2021), "Whites-only anti-racist groups: Promise and Perils" in Multicultural Education Magazine (2020/2021), and "Recovering lost local history: The Daily Record project" in Middle Grades Review (2020). She has secured significant funding as lead or co-principal investigator, including Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad to South Africa ($89,279, 2015), Fulbright Teaching Excellence and Achievement Programs ($209,562 in 2019 and $340,336 in 2021), and Teagle Foundation grant ($25,000, 2021). Honors include the Janet Mason Ellerby Women’s and Gender Studies Scholarly Award (2019), multiple Graduating Senior Recognition Awards (2008-2020), University of North Carolina Greensboro School of Education Early Career Award (2009), and LEAD UNCW leadership graduate (2015). Dr. Roseboro serves on editorial boards for the Journal of Educational Studies, Journal of Educational Foundations, and Vitae Scholasticae: The Journal of Educational Biography, and has led study abroad trips to South Africa on culture, history, and literacy.