Candace M. Moore

Candace M. Moore, Ph. D., (she/her), Associate Clinical Professor and the Harold R. W. Benjamin Professor in the Higher Education, Student Affairs, International Education Policy (HESI) program within the Department of Counseling, Higher Education, and Special Education at the University of Maryland (UMD), College Park. She received a prestigious Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award from the U.S. Department of State to study in Ghana during the 2021-2022 academic year. She earned her Ph. D. in Counseling and Student Personnel Services from the University of Georgia, Athens, GA. Dr. Moore is affiliated with the UMD College of Education’s Center for Diversity and Inclusion in Higher Education (CDIHE) where she served as the inaugural director from 2017-2021. This research and consultation center provides expertise to universities across the country and worldwide on issues related to diversity, inclusion and social justice in higher education. Prior to joining UMD, she served as a student affairs administrator at various universities in functional areas such as residence life, campus life, student conduct, and adult education before joining the faculty at University of Georgia. While there, she was a part of the College Student Affairs Administration program in the College of Education and served as the inaugural program coordinator and co-developer of the Student Affairs Leadership Ed. D. program.

Dr. Moore’s scholarship promotes inclusive campus environments and fostering international collaboration in higher education. Her research interests include understanding Black and LGBTQ student identities, contingent faculty development in higher education, supporting student success at historically Black colleges and universities, and exploring culturally conscious pedagogy and practice in higher education. Her international endeavors have resulted in ongoing international partnerships and study abroad efforts in West Africa. With colleagues from the University of Cape Coast in Ghana and Washington University, St. Louis, MO, Dr. Moore co-developed both a hybrid international, cross-cultural graduate course on student affairs practice and a short-term study abroad program that explores student affairs practices in higher education in Ghana. The hybrid course is co-taught with faculty at the University of Cape Coast and students work in cross-cultural teams to study student affairs practices in an international higher education context. Targeted toward graduate students and student affairs professionals and faculty, Dr. Moore’s short-term, study abroad program and most recent scholarship centers decolonizing pedagogical practices, while expanding practice beyond Western ideals of social justice education. The study abroad program was recognized with the American College Personnel Association’s Outstanding International Education Initiative Award in 2019.

Throughout her career, she has presented and published her research on the local, state, regional, national and international levels. In May 2020, she served as a co-lead on a policy webinar, sponsored by the Association of African Universities (AAU), regarding African higher education’s response to COVID-19. She is a 2021 recipient of the University of Maryland, Provost’s Excellence Award for Professional Track Faculty in Service. In 2022, she received the Graduate Faculty Mentor of the Year Award from the University of Maryland's Graduate School. Currently, she serves as consulting editor with the Journal of Educational Management—an extension of the Institute of Educational Planning and Administration (IEPA) at the University of Cape Coast in Cape Coast, Ghana. She recently served as the 2022-2024 Faculty Director for the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) Faculty Council and a board member for the NASPA Board of Directors. 

She is thrilled to be a member of the thriving scholar-practitioner community at UMD and is committed to advancing a social justice agenda in education and practice.