Bisola Wald

Culturally Responsive, Relevant, and Sustaining Pedagogies; Teacher Education; Urban Education; Race, Culture, and Power in Education; Professional Teacher In-Service; Black Students and Teachers of Color

Peer-Reviewed Scholarship

Wald, B. A. (2024). Witch Hunts, Lynchings, and No-Knock Raids upon the Black Female Body: A White American Mores, Social Order, and Safety. In A. Y. Douglas & E. Harris II (Eds.), Breonna Taylor and Me: Black Women, Racial Justice, and Reclaiming Hope. Peter Lang Group AG.

Marshall, S. L., & Wald, B. A. (2023). The intersectional experience of Faith teaching science within an Afro-centric school model. Cultural Studies of Science Education, 1-11. 

Vagle, M. D., Martin-Kerr, K., LoBello Miller, J., Wald, B., & Fairbanks, H. (2023). Critical post-intentional phenomenological inquiry (crit-PIP): Why it matters and what it can do. In N. K. Denzin, Y. S. London, M. D. Giardina,  & G. S. Cannella (Eds.), The SAGE handbook of qualitative research (Part II). Sage Publications. 

Wald, B. A. (2023). Pushout, pandemic, and praxis: A Black PhD student's mentorship experience. In S. Cupid & A. D. Tomlin (Eds.), Black experiences in higher education: Faculty, staff, and students (pp. 117-132). IAP. 

Non-Academic Writing Projects 

Wald, B. A. (2022). Close your eyes. In E. Aya (Ed.), Let the Black women say ase' (pp. 104-105). Aya Media Publishing, LLC.

Wald, B. A. (2022). Who are my people? In E. Aya (Ed.), Let the Black women say ase' (pp. 149-151). Aya Media Publishing, LLC.

Wald, B. A. (2022). My whole self. In E. Aya (Ed.), Let the Black women say ase' (pp. 186-187). Aya Media Publishing, LLC. 

Conference Presentations 

Kpetay Thomas, S., & Wald, B. A., (November 2023). Black Eldership: Disrupting the Unraveling of a Critical and Collective Consciousness. A paper to be presented at the American Educational Studies Association. Louisville, KY.  

Wald, B. A., (November 2023). Intersections of consciousness between a Black teacher educator and her White pre-service teachers as interest convergence. A paper to be presented at the American Educational Studies Association, Louisville, KY. 

Wald, B. A., (May 2023). Afrocentric, fugitive, and libratory praxis between one Black teacher and her students. Presented at the Common Grounds Consortium, Minneapolis, MN. 

Wald, B. A., Forrester, J. V., & Marshall, S. L. (April 2023). Sustaining Retention in Teacher Social-Emotional Support Through Critically Conscious, Culturally Affirming, and Systemic Learning Communities. Presented at the American Education Research Association. Chicago, IL. 

Vagle, M. D., Martin-Kerr, K., LoBello Miller, J., Wald, B. A., & Fairbanks, H., (April 2023). Critical Post-Intentional Phenomenological Inquiry (crit-PIP). Presented at the American Education Research Association. Chicago, IL. 

Wald, B. A., (November 2022). An autoethnographic analysis of western classical schooling effects on urban youth of Color. Presented at the American Educational Studies Association, Pittsburgh, PA.  

Wald, B. A. (May 2022). Mentorship, othermothering & eldership in Black higher education experiences. Presented at the Common Grounds Consortium, Minneapolis, MN. 

Professional Development Presentations

Wald, B. A., (August 2023). Teacher In-Service. Legacy of Dr. Josie R. Johnson Montessori, Minneapolis, MN. 

Wald, B. A., (February 2023). How your background and experiences can advance racial equity work (no matter who you are!). Race, Equity, and Justice Talk Series. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.

Public and Community Presentations

Poet Presenter (26 August 2022) - Nu Skool, Twin Cities Solidarity 

Session Presenter and Co-facilitator - www.KinkyCurlyTheologicalCollective.com

Contributor and Presenter - Black History Pop-Up Museum - www.wam.umn.edu

Teaching, Supervising, and Coaching Experience

08/2024 - current     Graduate Supervisor, University of Minnesota   

• Teacher Candidates within the Initial Licensure and Master's Degree in Elementary Ed. Program

01/2023 - 05/2023     Graduate Instructor, University of Minnesota   

• CI 3101 Issues in Urban Education

09/2021 - 12/2022     Graduate Instructor, University of Minnesota   

• CI 4121 Culture, Power, and Education

01/2022 - 05/2022     Graduate Instructor, University of Minnesota

• CI 5286 Elementary Education Graduate Seminar (co-instructor)

Research and Assistantship Experience 

12/2022 - current      School District Qualitative Researcher 

• Culturally Responsive School Leadership Institute (M. Khalifa), Saint Paul, MN

09/2022 - 06/2024      Program Assistant, University of Minnesota 

• Teacher Scholars of Color Program

09/2022 - 06/2024    Graduate Assistant, University of Minnesota 

• WEC Writing Faculty Support & Liaison

10/2022 - 06/2023     Research Assistant, University of Minnesota

• Race Culture and Coffee Pre-service and Novice Teacher Research Project

01/2023 - 05/2023     Student Researcher, University of Minnesota

• CI 8796 Research Internship in Social Studies Final Research Project

09/2022 - 12/2022     Student Researcher, University of Minnesota 

• CI 8154 Culturally Relevant Pedagogy Final Research Project

07/2022 - current     Executive Board Member

• The Angela Day School, Minneapolis, MN

05/2020 - 06/2022     Executive Board Member

• createMPL Urban STEM Program, Minneapolis, MN

09/2019 - 05/2020     Elementary School Volunteer

• Hope Academy, Minneapolis, MN

08/2010 - 01/2017     Youth Leader Volunteer

• Christ Church International AG

09/2007 - 06/2010     School Board Treasurer  

• LoveWorks Academy, Minneapolis, MN

• American Educational Studies Association (2021-current)
• American Education Research Association (2021-current)
• Education for Liberation Network, Minnesota Chapter (2022-current)
• The Coalition to Increase Teachers of Color and American Indian Teachers in Minnesota (2022-current)

Founder, Coach, Consultant - Birthing Equity in Education LLC - www.BisolaWald.com