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Kristine S. Lewis Grant - Drexel University Associate Clinical Professor for MS in Teaching, Learning and Curriculum: Advanced Studies
Clinical Professor

Kristine S. Lewis Grant, PhD

Education

PhD, Temple University
MA, University of Colorado-Boulder
BA, Knox College

Program Affiliation

MS, Teaching, Learning and Curriculum
EdD, Educational Leadership & Management

Books 

Lee, V., & Grant, K. (Eds.). (2023). Advancing culturally responsive and socially just approaches to multilingual family-school partnerships. Lexington Publishers.

Budhai, S., & Grant, K. (2022). Culturally responsive teaching in online and in person settings: An action planner for dynamic equitable learning environments. Corwin Publishers (SAGE).

Journal Articles

Budhai, S., & Grant, K. [2023]. Casting a wider net: Incorporating Black Feminist Theory to support EdD students’ development of their epistemological stances in research methods courses. Impacting Education, 8(3), 10 - 14.

Budhai, S., & Grant, K. (2023). Stoking the flames: How one parent empowerment group promoted the transformation of urban parents into educational activists. Education and Urban Society, 55(3), 371 – 392. https://doi.org/10.1177/00131245221076093.

Grant, K., Lee, V., Hoekje, B., & Escalante, K. (2022). Bridging multilingual families and schools: Cultural brokering as social justice leadership practice. Journal of Family Diversity in Education, 5(1), 37-58. https://www.familydiversityeducation.com/index.php/fdec/article/view/166.

Phillips, J., Grant, K., & Geller, K. (2021). When qualitative research is taught virtually: Drawing on experiential design to build deeper knowledge of qualitative observation. Impacting Education: Journal on Transforming Professional Practice, 6(3), 54–61. https://doi.org/10.5195/ie.2021.193.

Lee, V., Hoekje, B., & Grant, K. (2020). Social justice leadership: A case study of engagement practices with families of English language learners. Educational Leadership in Action, 6(3). https://www.lindenwood.edu/academics/beyond-the-classroom/publications/journal-of-educational-leadership-in-action/all-issues/volume-6-issue-3/social-justice-leadership.

Book Chapters

Grant, K., & Shipe, I. (2024). Evolving equity leadership in scholarship and practice. In Stephanie Smith Budhai and Deanna Hill (Eds.), IMPACT of the Scholarly Practitioner Doctorate: Exercising Socially Just Leadership and Making Equitable Change. Myers Education Press.

Lee, V., Grant, K., Hoekje, B., & Escalante, K. (2023). Three bridges: A critical framework for cultural brokering in school-family communication. In Vera Lee and Kristine Grant (Eds.), Advancing Culturally Responsive and Socially Just Approaches to Multilingual Family-School Partnerships. Lexington Publishers.

Geller, K., Phillips, J., & Grant, K. (2023). On becoming a qualitative researcher: Transformative learning pedagogy in an online research course. In Payal Kumar and Jacob Eisenberg (Eds.), Synchronous and Asynchronous Approaches to Teaching Higher Education Lessons in Post-Pandemic Times. Palgrave Macmillan.

 

 

  • Family-school-community relationships in urban schools
  • Development, recruitment and retention of teachers of color
  • Clinical Professor (2018 - present)
    School of Education, Drexel University
  • Associate Clinical Professor (2009 - 2018)
    School of Education, Drexel University
  • Assistant Professor (2006 - 2009)
    Drexel University
  • Lecturer
    Bryn Mawr and Haverford College’s Bi-College Education Program (2004–06)
  • Research Associate
    Research for Action, (2004–06)
  • Training Coordinator
    Center for Social Policy and Community Development, Temple University (2000–02)
  • Research Associate
    Research for Better Schools (1999–2001)
Dr. Kristine Grant is a Clinical Professor of Multicultural and Urban Education in the Teaching, Learning, and Curriculum Department of Drexel's School of Education. Her research interests include family-school-community partnerships in urban schools, and online teaching and learning. She recently published an edited volume with Dr. Vera Lee titled Advancing Culturally Responsive and Socially Just Approaches to Multilingual Family-School Partnerships (Lexington Books, 2023). In addition, she co-authored a book with Dr. Stephanie Smith Budhai (University of Delaware) titled Culturally Responsive Teaching Online and In Person: An Action Planner for Dynamic Equitable Learning Environments (Corwin Books, 2022). Dr. Grant has contributed co-authored chapters to several edited books including IMPACT of the Scholarly Practitioner Doctorate: Exercising Socially Just Leadership and Making Equitable Change (Myers Press, 2024), Synchronous and Asynchronous Approaches to Teaching: Higher Education Lessons in Post-Pandemic Times (Palgrave Macmillan, 2023), and Making a Positive Impact in Rural Places: Change Agency in the Context of School-University-Community Collaboration in Education (Information Age, 2018). Her research has been published in several academic journals including Multicultural Education, Sociology of Education, Journal of Research in Education, and Education and Urban Society. She has also presented at academic conferences such as the American Educational Research Association, National Association for Multicultural Education, Family Involvement Conference, and the International Conference on Urban Education. She is a longstanding member of the board for the Pennsylvania chapter of the National Association for Multicultural Education. Dr. Grant teaches in the Teacher Education and EdD Programs, including courses in diversity and equity, teacher preparation, program evaluation, and qualitative research methods.