Terri N. Watson

Faculty Leader

Terri N. Watson is an Associate Professor in the Department of
Leadership and Human Development at The City College of New York. A
Harlem native, her research examines effective school leadership and is
aimed to improve the educational outcomes and life chances of
historically excluded and underserved children and families. Watson was
named a 2020 – 2022 Faculty Lead in conjunction with The Seminar on
Public Engagement and Collaborative Research at The Graduate Center’s
Center for the Humanities, The City University of New York for her project The Schools We Need: Lessons Learned from Harlem. She is also
the guest editor for a special issue of the Journal of Educational
Administration and History (Routledge) titled, “A Seat at the Table: Examining the Impact, Ingenuity, and Leadership Practices of Black Woman and Girls in PK – 20 Contexts.” Each manuscript utilized a critical methodology to center the lived experiences of Black women and girls in schools (https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/cjeh20/52/3?nav=tocList).