Who: Dr. Mildred Boveda, Assistant Professor of Special Education and Cultural and Linguistic Diversity at the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College Arizona State University

What: EDT and Dean's Office bringing in Dr. Boveda for a talk titled, "Developing and Measuring Intersectional Competence: Are General and Special Education Teachers Prepared to Respond to Multiple Differences?"

When/Where: Thursday February 22, 2018 from 3 to 4pm in MCG 322

Why: Mildred Boveda is an Assistant Professor of Special Education and Cultural and Linguistic Diversity at the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College. In her scholarship, she uses the term “intersectional competence” to describe teachers understanding of diversity and how students, families, and colleagues have multiple sociocultural markers that intersect in nuanced and unique ways. She designed the Intersectional Competence Measure to assess teachers’ preparedness for an increasingly diverse student population. Her research focuses on establishing the theoretical and empirical evidence of validity of the intersectional competence construct. Drawing from Black feminist theory and collaborative teacher education research, she interrogates how differences are framed across education communities to influence education policy and practice.

Dr. Boveda started her career as a special education teacher in Miami Dade County Public Schools. She engages in various professional activities that allow her to examine the research, practice, and policies involved with educating students with diverse needs. She is currently President of the Division for Diverse and Exceptional Learners of the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) and the Chair of the Diversity Caucus for the Teacher Education Division of CEC. She earned an Ed.D. in Exceptional Student Education at Florida International University and an Ed.M. in Education Policy and Management from Harvard Graduate School of Education.