Biography
Eleanor J. Blair received her Ph.D. from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She
is a Full Professor at 甜瓜视频app (WCU) where she teaches foundations
of education courses in curriculum, assessment, teacher leadership and history/philosophy
of education at WCU and in Jamaica through the WCU-Jamaica program. She is a frequent
presenter at regional, national and international conferences and has authored chapters
and essays in numerous books and journals. Additionally, she is the editor of four
education readers: Thinking about Schools: A Foundations of Education Reader (2011),
Teacher Leadership: The 鈥渘ew鈥� Foundation of Education (2011, 2016) and The Social
Foundations Reader: Critical Essays on Teaching, Learning and Leading in the 21st
Century (co-edited with Yolanda Medina) (2016). She is also the author of By the light
of the silvery moon: Teacher moonlighting and dark side of teachers鈥� work (2018) and
thr following three recently published books on the Caribbean: A cross-cultural consideration
of teacher leaders鈥� narratives of power, agency and school culture: England, Jamaica
and the United States (2020) (with Roofe and Timmins),<i> </i> Handbook on Caribbean
Education (2021) (with K. Williams), Jamaican Teachers, Jamaican Schools: Life and
Work in 21st Century Schools (2023). Her work utilizes qualitative methodologies and
critical pedagogical frameworks to explore teaching, learning and leading in cross-cultural
contexts. References to her research on teachers鈥� work, popular culture and the significance
of place in the preparation of teacher leaders occur in both popular and professional
publications.
Teaching Interests
Dr. Blair teaches graduate level Foundations of Education, Assessment and Teacher
Leadership courses. She has taught almost exclusively online since 2005.
Research Interests
Dr. Blair's research utilizes qualitative methodologies and critical pedagogical frameworks
to explore teaching, learning and leading in cross-cultural contexts. References to
her research on teachers鈥� work, popular culture and the significance of place in the
preparation of teacher leaders occur in both popular and professional publications.
