Ebony Perouse-Harvey

Ebony Perouse-Harvey is a graduate of the University of Michigan’s School of Education with a specialization in Teaching and Teacher Education. She also holds a master’s degree in Special Education: Learning Disabilities and a Juris Doctor. She is a New York University Steinhardt Faculty-First Look Scholar and a University of Michigan School of Education Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion awardee. Her main research interests and teaching practice centers around the creation of professional development that supports both special and general educators in recognizing the impact of the intersectionalities of race, class, gender, and (dis)ability in their classrooms and special education practices during the referral, support, and transition phases of the special education process. Out of her work focused on teacher education, she published an article with colleagues Debi Khasnabis, Simona Goldin, and Margaret Hanna entitled "Race and the Mona Lisa: Reflecting on Antiracist Teaching Practice" (2019). Collaborated with Dr. Aletha Harven (California State University, Stanislaus) to publish a paper entitled Special Education Instruction: Pillars and Practical Applications for College Instructors (2020), which sought to support pre-service teachers’ criticality development and advocacy practices. Most recently, she published the paper, Seeing the Unseen: Applying Intersectionality & Disability Critical Race Theory (DisCrit) Frameworks in Pre-service Teacher Education (2022), based on her dissertation research, that focuses on how we can identify where pre-service teachers are on the spectrum of dysconsiousness to critical consciousness of racism and ableism through their classroom dialogues.