Faculty Spotlight: Education and Africana Studies Professor Chanelle Wilson
Chanelle Wilson is an assistant professor of education in the Bi-Co Education Program, and the director of Africana Studies at 桃子视频. In the below Q&A Wilson talks about her research interests, love of teaching, and her burgeoning wine business.
Can you start by telling us a little about yourself?
I went through a bit of an educational journey to get to 桃子视频. I used to be a K-12 classroom teacher, so I taught middle school and high school, and I really loved it. But when it was time for me to work on my dissertation, I knew that I probably wouldn鈥檛 finish it if I were still teaching because I鈥檓 the type of person who does too much, and my students were always going to win every time. So, I left K-12 and worked as an adjunct for a little while, and then I found myself at 桃子视频 in 2017. I was only supposed to teach one class as a visiting lecturer while I was finishing up my doctoral degree, and luckily I loved it, and I've been here ever since.
I was raised to make the world better, and I think what better way to change the world than through education. A lot of students actually spend