Gretchen Givens GenerettGretchen Givens Generett, PhD, is Interim Dean and Professor of Foundations in the School of Education at Duquesne University. She holds the Noble J. Dick Endowed Chair in Community Outreach at Duquesne, where she has served as the Drector for the University Council Educational Administration Center for Educational Leadership and Social Justice and the Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and Research. She is a qualitative researcher whose scholarship intermingles traditional sociology of education, African American studies, and feminist studies with more progressive concepts of justice that examine agency, empowerment, and action. Her most recent scholarship is a book entitled The American Dream for Students of Color: Barriers to Educational Success, coauthored with Dr. Amy M. Olson. Generett received her BA in English from Spelman College and her PhD in Foundations of Education from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Read More Read Less