The CREATE 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.

Elizabeth Hearn, Ed.S.
Director
Principal co-Investigator, CREATE Grant

Ayodele Harrison
Assistant Director

Megan McKnight
Assistant Director

Flavia Gordon-Gunter
Interim Assistant Director

Folami Prescott-Adams, Ph.D.
Equity Director

Rosalynne Duff
Equity Coordinator

Kofi Kinney
Instructional Mentor

Maya Jenkins
Instructional Mentor

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

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

Sumayah Clark
CREATE Project Coordinator