She is also a social justice literacy consultant with The Educator Collaborative. Dana earned her degree at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro in the Department of Educational Leadership and Cultural Foundations, as well as a Graduate Certificate in Women’s and Gender Studies. Her primary areas of specialization and research include: social justice education, equity literacy, literacy curriculum development, cultural foundations of education, qualitative research methods, and gender studies. Dana has several publications (current and forthcoming) on a critical social justice framework for literacy, social justice and equity in higher education, and teaching social justice in teacher education programs.