Our Team

CREATE’s staff is a diverse group of individuals committed to the mission of building and nurturing a thriving community of educators committed to practices of teaching that prioritize racial justice and interrupt inequities.

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Elizabeth Hearn, Ed.S.

Director

Principal co-Investigator, CREATE Grant

Ayodele Harrison

Assistant Director

Flavia Gordon-Gunter

Assistant Director

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Kofi Kinney

Instructional Mentor

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Rosalynne Duff

Equity Coordinator

Maya Jenkins

Instructional Mentor

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Cathy Downey

Coordinator

Georgia State University College of Education and Human Development Research Team

Stephanie Behm-Cross, Ph.D.

Principal co-Investigator, CREATE Grant

Assistant Professor and Co-Coordinator, Ph.D. in Teaching & Learning: Teaching and Teacher Education
Department of Middle and Secondary Education

Nadia Behizadeh, Ph.D.

Research Director, CREATE Teacher Residency

Associate Professor, Adolescent Literacy
Program Coordinator, M.Ed. in Literacy Education
Department of Middle and Secondary Education

Rhina Fernandes Williams, Ph.D.

Associate Clinical Professor, Critical & Multicultural Education
Co-Program Director, Ed.D. in Curriculum & Instruction
Department of Early Childhood Education & Elementary Education

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Jacob Hackett, Ph.D.

Clinical Assistant Professor and Program Coordinator

Department of Middle and Secondary Education

Camea L. Davis, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Research Associate
Department of Middle and Secondary Education

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Sumayah Clark

CREATE Project Coordinator