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Ezella McPherson
Independent Research Scholar of Education
Dr. McPherson Coaching, LLC/ Detroit Regional Chamber
Education/Degree:
1 Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Policy Studies (the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
About
Dr. Ezella McPherson is the CEO and founder of Dr. McPherson Coaching, LLC, an education firm specializing in providing educational coaching to postsecondary institutions, Higher Educational professionals, and students. The mission of the education firm is to college access, retention and graduation of low-income, students of color, adult learners (age 25 and older), and first-generation college students. Dr. McPherson is currently the Detroit Drives Degrees Program Coordinator within the Detroit Regional Chamber. She is also an independent research scholar who engages in research on diversity in Higher Education. Dr. McPherson earned her bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor and her master's and doctorate degree in Educational Policy Studies from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her research interests and expertise center on college student persistence and retention; African American Education; STEM education, and qualitative research.
Current Work
Currently, Dr. McPherson is co-editing a book with Dr. Tony Laing titled On Brilliance and Resilience in Education: Black Student Networks from High School Dropout to Ph.D. She recently published two best-selling books titled, Real Outreach: A Practical Guide to Retaining and Graduating College Students and Dream On! : Supporting and Graduating African American Girls and Women in STEM. Her co-authored manuscripts include the mentoring of African American women in STEM at Historically Black College and Universities ("Mentoring our own: African American women in engineering" with co-author Dr. Virginia Tickles) and examining the experiences of minority women in STEM ("Minority women in STEM: A valuable resource in the global economy" with co-author Dr. Diane Fuselier-Thompson").
Research Area Keyword(s)
African American education, Black women, college student persistence and retention, qualitative research, STEM education