Cynthia B. Dillard

Cynthia B. Dillard (Nana Mansa II of Mpeasem, Ghana, West Africa) is the Mary Frances Early Professor in Teacher Education and Department Chair in the Department of Educational Theory and Practice at The University of Georgia. Her research interests include critical teacher education, spirituality in education, and African/African American feminist studies. Two of her books, On spiritual strivings: Transforming an African American woman’s academic life and Learning to (re)member the things we’ve learned to forget: Endarkened feminisms, spirituality and the sacred nature of research, were selected as Critics’ Choice Book Award winners by the American Educational Studies Association (AESA).