Dr. Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz—Teacher Development Through the Archeology of Self

Our guest, Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz, Ph.D. (she/her), is a Professor of English Education at Teachers College, Columbia University. In May, 2024 Yolanda was recognized with the prestigious Dorothy Height Distinguished Alumni Award from New York University. She is co-editor of five books and is co-author of the multiple award-winning book Advancing Racial Literacies in Teacher Education: Activism for Equity in Digital Spaces (2021) where she examines her concept of Archeology of Self ™ in education. Her first full-length collection of poetry, Love from the Vortex & Other Poems, was published in March 2020. Her sophomore book of poetry, The Peace Chronicles, was published in July, 2021. Yolanda opened the 2022 TEDx UPENN conference at the University of Pennsylvania with her TEDx Talk: Truth, Love & Racial Literacy.  For three years in a row, she was named one of EdWeek's EduScholar Influencers -- a list of the Top 1% of educational scholars in the United States -- a highly selective group of 200 scholars (chosen from a pool of 20,000).   Your Host: ⁠⁠Jacob Easley II, PhD, PMP⁠⁠  Sponsors:  Western Governors University. WGU is an online, accredited university that specializes in personalized learning and making higher education accessible for as many people as possible. ·      The 2.0 Conferences. Register for the 2026 2.0 Conferences in Las Vegas, Nevada and receive a discount courtesy of EDUP Xcelerated Excellence with the code EDUPXE15OFF.   Your choice of the 2.0 Conferences include: CXO 2.0, Education 2.0,  Health 2.0, Founders 2.0, and the Fueld Conference.   Resources: Love From the Vortex and other Poems (Book)Advancing Racial Literacies in Teacher Education (Book)The Peace Chronicles (Book)All About Black Girl Love in Education: Bell Hooks and Pedagogies of Love (Book)⁠EDUP The Experience⁠⁠Xcelerated Excellence Consulting⁠ Greeting: Cheryl L. Delk-Le Good Research Assistant: Emily Bloom #EDUPXE #EDUCATIONALEXCELLENCE #EDUCATIONALEQUITY