Campus Community Health • HEERF I, II & III

Janet Kesterson Isbell

Janet Isbell

Name:

Janet Kesterson  Isbell

Title:

Professor

Department:

Teacher Education

Email Address:

jisbell@tntech.edu

Phone:

(931) 372-3824

Office:

Bartoo Hall 325, BOX 5042

Research Interests

Poverty • Literacy • Diversity • Equity & Social Justice in Education • Rural education & communities • International students

About

Dr. Isbell chairs the literacy concentration of the Exceptional Learning Ph.D. program where she teaches research and literacy courses. She also serves as executive director of the Elinor Ross Children's Defense Fund Freedom School. She is associate editor for the Journal of Intercultural Affairs and is a founder and first president of the Tennessee chapter of the National Association for Multicultural Education.

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