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Dorothy F. Garrison-Wade is an Assistant Professor of Administrative Leadership and Policy Studies at the University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center. She holds a Ph.D. in Education and Human Resources with specialization in Educational Leadership from Colorado State University. She has experience in public and private schools as a secondary school principal, assistant principal, counselor, and teacher and in universities as a teacher educator and researcher. As a New Hanover County School principal in Wilmington, North Carolina, she was selected as the 2001-2002 New Hanover County Principal of the Year and 2001-2002 First Union National Bank/Ben Craig Principal of the Year. Her research interests include accountability systems to improve public education, equity issues, educational leadership, professional development schools, recruiting and retention of African-American teachers (secondary and postsecondary), students with disabilities, and inclusive education.
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