About the Authors

Tehia Starker Glass, PhD (pronounced Tee-ah; she/her/hers) is the Cato College of Education Director of diversity and inclusion and award-winning Associate Professor of Educational Psychology and Elementary Education in the Department of Reading and Elementary Education at the University of North Carolina (UNC) Charlotte. Dr. Glass is also the Inclusive Excellence Executive Fellow for faculty development in the Office of Diversity and Inclusion at UNC Charlotte. She is a Student Experience Research Network (SERN) fellow and uses her research and expertise to inform education policy. Her research and publications include preparing preservice and in-service teachers' culturally responsive teaching self-efficacy, culturally responsive teaching in teacher education, racial identity development, anti-racism curriculum development, and exploring how caregivers and teachers discuss race with children. She is a proud graduate of Bethune-Cookman University (BS in elementary education), University of Northern Iowa (MA in educational technology), and University of Nebraska–Lincoln (PhD in educational psychology).

Dr. Glass is a former elementary school teacher who now consults nationally with educators, schools, districts, companies, and organizations to be more anti-racism oriented. She is a TED speaker (Cultivating Seeds of Curiosity), and educational advisor and certified trainer with Brownicity. She cofounded and is the co-director of the Anti-Racism Graduate Certificate Program at UNC Charlotte. She lives in the Charlotte area with her partner and two boys.

Lucretia Carter Berry, PhD (she/her/hers) is founder and president of Brownicity, an agency committed to making important, scholarly informed, antiracism education accessible, and director of its online membership platform. With the tagline Many Hues, One Humanity, Brownicity's mission is to foster education designed to inspire a culture of justice and true belonging for all.

Berry earned her PhD in curriculum and instruction and MA in English from Iowa State University and her BA from South Carolina State University. A former college professor, Berry's research, experience, and accomplishments lie at the intersections of curriculum and instruction, multicultural and antiracism education, and instructional technology. She contributed to the design of and was an instructor for the Carver Academy Multicultural Learning Communities Project (Iowa State University), which was nationally recognized for increasing the retention rate for underrepresented students. A leader in her field, Berry was the vice president of the Equity and Social Justice Committee for Society of Information Technology in Teacher Education (SITE). She served on the steering committee for the Social Justice and Digital Equity Pre-conference Symposium, where she had the privilege of working with colleagues from around the world to grant the Outstanding Service to Digital Equity Award.

As a wife in an interracial marriage and mom of three multiethnic children, Berry brings her personal and professional experience to the public sector, where she is passionate about serving children and their adult decision-makers. In 2015, she synthesized a multitude of consultations with children, parents, teachers, and leaders to launch a grassroots education agency, Brownicity. Berry designed curricula and other learning experiences to onboard and support learners of all ages by partnering with individuals, churches, schools, and companies.

Berry designed Brownicity's flagship course and study guide, What LIES Between Us—Fostering First Steps Toward Racial Healing (2016), and authored Hues of You—An Activity Book for Learning About the Skin You Are In (2022). She is a TED speaker (Children will light up the world if we don't keep them in the dark), a course designer, a curriculum specialist for Community School of Davidson (NC), and a contributor for (In)courage.me, a DaySpring online community.

Berry and her husband, Nathan, have three daughters and two Aussiedoodles, and live in the Charlotte, NC area.

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