Benita R. Brooks

Benita R. Brooks is an Associate Professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She taught high school English for 10 years. She has received numerous awards and recognition for her academic and community engagement work. Her research interests include cultivating culturally responsive and sustaining practices through critical service-learning in teacher education programs, developing culturally proficient leaders in K-12 and higher education, and re-thinking diversity, equity, and inclusion to obtain justice.

Publications

Nurturing the Writer Within: Empowering Preservice Mathematics Teachers With Fiction and Nonfiction Picture Books
Nurturing the Writer Within: Empowering Preservice Mathematics Teachers With Fiction and Nonfiction Picture Books
Benita R. Brooks, Tori Hollas, Jaime Coyne. © 2024. 16 pages.
Disciplinary literacy moves teachers away from teaching general reading and writing strategies to asking them what they can do to help their students learn in the unique ways...
Do I Lead With an Inclusive Mindset?: Higher Education Department Chairs Reflect on Their Leadership
Do I Lead With an Inclusive Mindset?: Higher Education Department Chairs Reflect on Their Leadership
Benita R. Brooks, Abbie Strunc. © 2022. 16 pages.
Leading as an academic department chair with an inclusive mindset requires making faculty, staff, and students feel heard, valued, and included in day-to-day departmental work in...