Dr. LaTasha Adams

Associate Professor of Teacher Education/MAT in Elementary Education Coordinator

Office: Arts & Sciences
Teacher Education
College of Arts & Sciences
LatashaAdams@clayton.edu

Biography

After realizing that she had been mistracked in middle school due to the predominant race and class of her elementary school, Dr. LaTasha Jones Adams vowed to be a voice in the fight towards ending educational inequity. She began teaching as a Teach for America corps member with the Atlanta Public Schools. Since then she has been a middle school and elementary school principal, curriculum specialist, curriculum coordinator, educational research associate, among other distinctive roles. Dr. Adams is also a member of several advisory boards and professional organizations and all while founding a non-profit that focuses on educational equity and advocacy through literacy. In 2020, she was named a Georgia Teaching Fellow representing Clayton State University in the University System of Georgia’s year-long program. She holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Curriculum and Instruction/Urban Education from The University of North Carolina at Charlotte; a Master of Education in Teaching Excellence from Cambridge College; Bachelor of Arts in English and Religion from Spelman College. In her spare time she enjoys traveling with her husband and daughter, Zoe.

Education

BA, English, Spelman College, 2000

MEd, Education, Cambridge College, 2003

Ph D, Curriculum & Instruction, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 2007

Awards and Honors

Gene Hatfield Annual Service Award, College of Arts and Sciences, Award, 2021

Georgia Teaching Fellow, The University System of Georgia, Honor, 2020

Intellectual Contributions

Latasha Adams, Amy Barrios, Campus Cohesion and Reality Checks: Strategies for Laying a Strong Cultural Foundation in Middle Schools, Association of Middle Level Education Magazine – April 2020

Latasha Adams, Amy Sanford, Covid Collaborations for Pre-Service Teacher Success: A Middle Level Education Magazine, CTL Currents Journal –

Contracts, Grants, and Sponsored Research

Latasha Adams, Promising Parent Pods During Covid-19, 4.0 Schools/VELA Education Fund, Private Fall 2020 to Summer 2021

Latasha Adams, Understanding Young Adolescent Development from the Perspective of Pre-Service Teachers, College of Arts and Science, Clayton State University Fall 2020 to Summer 2021

Presentations

Latasha Adams, Culturally Responsive Classroom Management for Middle School Teachers, Association of Middle Level Education Annual Meeting, Association of Middle Level Education – October 2020

Latasha Adams, Culturally Responsive Strategies While Student Teaching, Clayton State University Senior Seminar, Clayton State University School of Education – 2020

Service to the University & University System of Georgia

College, Diversity Committee, Committee Member – Fall 2019 to Present

Department, History Education Search Committee, Committee Chair – Fall 2020 to Present

Department, Middle Grades Task Force, Chairperson – July 2019 to Present

Service to the Profession

Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Association of Middle Level Education Fall 2017 to Present

Reviewer, Journal Article, Current Issues in Middle Level Education December 2020 to Present

Officer, Secretary, Georgia Association of Teacher Educators Fall 2020 to Fall 2022

Service to the Community

Other, Academy of the Arts August 2019 to Present

Committee Chair, DeKalb Elementary School of the Arts September 2020 to Present

Other, Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta October 2020 to Present

Task Force Member, GaCAN August 2017 to Present

Committee Member, Junior League of DeKalb County, GA Fall 2019 to Present