Tiffany S. Russell, Ph.D
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Biography and Vita
Dr. Tiffany Simpkins Russell is a mother, author, advocate and educator! With more than 15 years of teaching, training and curriculum development experience, Dr. Russell has fashioned a career from her passion to educate and empower others.
As an accomplished curriculum and program development professional, Dr. Russell has earned accolades for her graduate and undergraduate education, literature, culture and women studies courses. Her colleagues and students hail her as an inventive and energetic professor who actively engages her subject matter and her students in relevant and creative ways.
Her areas of expertise are multiculturalism, African American studies and womanism. She has studied in Ghana, West Africa and Johannesburg and Cape Town, South Africa.
As an educational consultant, Dr. Russell provides consulting in the areas of leadership and organizational development, change management and workplace diversity. She presents scholarly papers at national conferences and serves as a panelist on myriad topics including program evaluation strategies and self-care in the workplace. Additionally, Dr. Russell is skilled in designing qualitative and quantitative data collection and evaluation instruments, non-profit grant writing and government proposal writing.
Dr. Russell’s research interests include the use of personal narratives as liberatory tools for women of color and womanist pedagogies. Dr. Russell’s first book, A Song for Miles, nurtures children’s inquisitive nature and love of music and sounds, all while teaching valuable lessons and the importance of having good character. The App can be found on the AppStore and on Amazon.com for the Kindle. She is at work on her second App, Dream Olivia, Dream and her forthcoming book, Colored Me: Black Women Shout from the Ivory Tower, is an edited volume of narratives and poetry written by Black women who attended private, predominantly white elite secondary schools.
A native of Trenton, New Jersey, Dr. Russell attended Blair Academy for high school and received her BA and MA in African American Studies from Temple University. She holds a doctorate in Educational Policy Studies/Social Foundations of Education from Georgia State University.
Dr. Russell lives in the Atlanta area with her husband Jason and their two children, Miles and Olivia!
The Womanist Way -Technology Reimagined
Tiffany Russell at TEDxCharleston
About T. Alexandra Consulting
Alexandra Consulting brings a unique client focused approach to consulting.
T. Alexandra Consulting is a multifaceted, multi-dimensional agency that strives to meet the needs of the community along with serving clients in the nonprofit, educational, and corporate worlds.
It is our mission to equip clients with the tools needed to reach their individual and collective goals.
T. Alexandra Consulting offers a variety of customized training and consulting services including high-powered diversity and leadership workshops and program development assistance.
Research
Narratives can illuminate how, in an individual life, different dominant ideologies and power relations in society are maintained, reproduced, or subverted. When we examine society through the lens of the individual, we can better understand society and understand our place in changing it!
Dr. Russell holds a doctorate in Educational Policy Studies Social Foundations of Education from Georgia State University. She also holds Bachelors and Masters degrees in African American Studies from Temple University. Dr. Russell’s research interests include the use personal narratives as liberatory tools for African American women and womanist thought.
Click below to download Dr. Russell’s doctoral dissertation, which utilizes a life history methodology grounded in a womanist epistemology. Please view at the link below:
Colored Me
Colored Me: Black Women Shout from the Ivory Tower is a vibrant collection of narratives and essays from Black women who were educated at elite private schools. Each gift of personal wisdom brings a fresh angle to the discussion of what it takes to succeed as a woman of color in modern society. This volume presents the kind of kitchen table truth-telling that we all can embrace.
About Sisters of the Blossoming Pear Tree (SBPT)
Sisters of the Blossoming Pear Tree is an empowerment program designed to encourage Black girls’ constant participation in and immediate impact upon the development and positive transformation of her community. Black girls are powerful and SBPT helps to instill in her the personal and collective desire to understand and influence the direction of her world.
A Song for Miles
Check out the mobile storybook apps that Dr. Tiffany S. Russell has been a part of creating:
What is Soul Music? A Song for Miles takes children on a colorful and musical journey. Through the lyrics of soul songs by artists like Stevie Wonder, Earth, Wind, and Fire, and Marvin Gaye, children learn the meaning of determination, kindness, and love. A Song for Miles nurtures children’s inquisitive nature and love of music and sounds, all while teaching valuable lessons and the importance of having good character.
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