Dr. Nicole Russell

Dr. Nicole M. Russell is an Assistant Professor of Education in the Morgridge College of Education at the University of Denver. Dr. Russell holds a degree in multicultural and mathematics education from the University of Washington, where James A. Banks served as her dissertation chair. She also had the privilege to study with seminal scholars such as Dr. Geneva Gay, Dr. Nancy Beadie, and Dr. Ilana Horn (now at Vanderbilt University).

Dr. Russell is a member of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) and the American Educational Research Association (AERA). Her research interests include mathematics achievement of African Americans; culturally responsive pedagogy; equity/access in mathematics classrooms; classroom discourse; the role of African American culture in learning broadly, and mathematics development specifically; pre-service and in-service teacher professional development; and the history of mathematics education of African Americans (1860s to twentieth century).

Dr. Russell's work is founded in the tenet of education as liberation. She utilizes a critical race and multicultural education lens to understand the historical, social, cultural, and political nature of mathematics teaching and learning in the U.S. and its role in perpetuating dominant ideologies of mathematics domain identity.

Some of her hobbies include traveling, treating herself to spa services, and spending quality time with family and friends.