The following reading list is meant to be a resource for current Ed.D. students to help navigate the complex process of doctoral study.

Program-wide

List of reading recommendations that apply on a wide level to educational leadership & policy studies.

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Braiding Sweetgrass:
Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants

Robin Wall Kimmerer

[purchase]

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I've Known Rivers: Lives Of Loss And Liberation

Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot

[purchase]

Anti-racism

List of reading recommendations for anti-racist education.

Fugitive Pedagogy:
Carter G. Woodson and the Art of Black Teaching

Jarvis R. Givens

[purchase]

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The New Jim Crow:
Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

Michelle Alexander

[purchase]

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No Study Without Struggle: Confronting Settler Colonialism in Higher Education

Leigh Patel

[purchase]

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My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies

Resmaa Menakem

[purchase]

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