Dr. Terrell Shockley is the College of Education's Diversity Officer, an Associate Clinical Professor, and Director of the Office of Teacher and Leader Education for the Department of Teaching and Learning, Policy and Leadership. A component of her work includes directing the Master's Certification (MCERT) Program, which includes art education, dance education, elementary education, English education, mathematics education, physical education, science education, social studies education, Teachers of English for Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), and world languages education. Under her leadership, the MCERT program appeared on the National Education Association's website as a featured teacher residency model: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfWrNWbdyjs and 100% of the MCERT teacher candidates seeking positions as classroom teachers receive jobs each year.
Dr. Terrell Shockley researches STEM, Literacy, and Exceptional Education contexts for culturally and linguistically diverse, marginalized, and/or under-represented students. Specifically, she is a counter-narrativist and STEMinist conducting qualitative and quantitative research on performance gaps, language bias, and issues of equity and social justice. She is the author of The Pilot, a children's book and counter-narrative that encourages readers to consider stereotypes of women in STEM fields. Dr. Terrell Shockley presents The Pilot to audiences throughout the United States and abroad in English, Spanish and French.
Dr. Terrell Shockley’s scholarship reaches international audiences. Her first international conference presentation occured in 2005 during the convening of the International Society for Technology Educators (ISTE). She continues her membership with ISTE and presented her research on integrating digital resources during the 2017 ISTE conference in San Antonio, Texas. In addition to ISTE, her international travel and study include Belgium, Canada, Cuba, Dominican Republic, England, France, Germany, Guatemala, Holland, Italy, Mexico, Morocco, Panama, Portugal, Spain, and Switzerland. She integrates these experiences into her investigations and clinical practice. She is a member of the Comparative International Education Society (CIES) and shared her research on Cuban contexts on a panel with the President of the Cuban Pedagogical Association during the 2017 CIES conference in Atlanta, Georgia. That same year, she received an invitation to join the Editorial Board of Transformación Journal, a journal published by the University of Camagüey in Camagüey, Cuba. Dr. Terrell Shockley is the first and only U.S. citizen to serve on the journal’s board.
Dr. Terrell Shockley holds a bachelor's degree in biological sciences and graduate degrees in Curriculum and Instruction, Reading, Instructional Technology and Leadership, and Minority and Urban Education. She is a member of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) and began presenting at AERA at the 2012 conference in Vancouver, Canada. She organizes symposia each year during AERA. For example, in 2016, she chaired a symposium with her colleagues, "Let Girls Lead: Girls as Critical Thinkers, Designers, and STEAM researchers." In 2017, she organized and chaired a symposium with graduate students entitled, "Intersections of Race, Color, Gender, Culture: U.S. Researchers Examining Access and Opportunity in Cuba." In 2018, she invited her Cuban and U.S. colleagues to join her in a collaborative symposium entitled, "Dreams, Possibilities, and Necessities in U.S. - Cuba Relations: Language, Policies, Resources, Resilience, Trust, and Position." She composed a symposium proposal for the 2019 AERA conference with seven of her colleagues from K-12 and higher education that is under review, entitled, "WOKE Educational Leaders in the Era of Alternative Facts." Their proposal was accepted and they will present their work in Toronto, Canada.
In addition to AERA, Dr. Terrell Shockley is the former Executive Board Member for the Maryland Society of Educators of Technology (MSET). She held the position of Professional Development Chair for three years. She is also a member of the American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education (AACTE), the National Women's Studies Association (NWSA), and the National Association for the Research of Science Teaching (NARST). She presented her research on digital learning and futuristic technology at the 2018 AACTE conference, her proposal was accepted to present STEM research during the 2018 NARST conference in Atlanta, Georgia, and a collaborative presentation during the 2017 National Women's Studies Conference entitled, "Not Your Mules: Women of Color in the Academy."
Dr. Terrell Shockley is the recipient of the 2015 College of Education Teaching Award and the 2018 College of Education Service Award. She is the Co-Principal Investigator of GAANN: UMD GROW (Generating a Research Outstanding Workforce), a United States Department of Education funded grant for $447,750.00 composed jointly with colleagues in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering.
