Meet Chatee’ Omísade Richardson, Ph.D.

Biography

Faculty Member Since 2014

Chatee’ Omísade Richardson, Ph.D., is an assistant professor and Coordinator of Field and Clinical Experience in the Education Department.

Dr. Chatee’ Omísade Richardson is an educator, an educational psychologist, and a growth facilitator. She received her bachelor's degree from the University of California, Irvine, her master's from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and her doctorate degree from Georgia State University. She has over 15 years of experience in education teaching K-5th (all subjects), 6-12th grade (English, Drama, and Communications), as well as at the collegiate level. Dr. Richardson has dedicated her professional work to optimal development, diversity and multiculturalism. She teaches Multicultural Education (guiding students through the process of challenging biases and limiting beliefs regarding race, class, gender, ability/disability, spirituality/religion, and sexual orientation), African Diaspora and the World (resituating African people in history and acknowledging their historical, global, and enduring contributions), and Psychology of the Inner City Child (based directly on the work of Dr. Asa G. Hilliard, III, and dealing with the trauma youth experience in this context). She desires to merge research with practice engaging in passion projects aimed at optimal child development from conception to adulthood, culture and diversity work for teachers, and transforming the education system from the ground up; beginning with teacher preparation.

Education

• Ph.D., Georgia State University

• M.A., University of Nebraska-Lincoln

• B.A., University of California, Irvine

Courses Taught

• ADW 111/112 African Diaspora and the World

• EDU 308 Multicultural Education

• EDU 440A Psychology of the Inner City Child

• PSY 302 Child Psychology

Research Interests

• Diversity/Multiculturalism

• Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy

• Child Optimal Development

• Rites of Passage

• School to Prison Pipeline

• Culturally Sustaining Teacher Preparation

• Enhancing Urban Education

• Impact of Trauma on Educational Attainment

• Service to Underserved Populations

• African Traditional Spirituality

Select Publications

Lewis, A.L., Richardson, C.M. & Staeton, J. (2018). Unsung legacies of educators and events in African American Education. Asa Hilliard Chapter. Cham,CH: Palgrave McMillan

Richardson, C.M. Hall, N. (2018). Unsung legacies of educators and events in African American Education. John Henrik Clarke Chapter. Cham,CH: Palgrave McMillan