Tifanee's research elevates Black student voice as they describe how their public schooling experiences influenced their decisions to (not) pursue teaching as a viable career path.

Tifanee McCaskill was raised in Pikesville, Baltimore, Maryland. The daughter of an educator, Tifanee received a BA in Mathematics and Secondary Education and M.Ed in Curriculum and Instruction from Salisbury University. After teaching secondary mathematics for 13 years, Tifanee is currently pursuing a PhD in Urban Education at UMD. Tifanee currently teaches in the Academic Achievement Program. 

 

2023 Finalist, Graduate Student Distinguished Service Award, UMD

 

Conference Presentations:

McCaskill, T. (Accepted). "Nah, Imma hafta pass"; Why Black students are rejecting teaching as a viable career path. Talk presented at the American Educational Studies Association, Pittsburgh, PA.

McCaskill, T. & Sinclair, K. (Accepted). Toward a love ethic: Youth organizing and community activism in Washington, D.C., Talk presented at the American Educational Studies Association, Pittsburgh, PA.

Turner, B.O., McCaskill, T., & Young A. (Accepted). When I see her, I see me: Black girls matter in Black women’s mathematics classrooms. Talk presented at the American Educational Studies Association, Pittsburgh, PA.

McCaskill, T. (Accepted). "It's Not For Me": Why Black High School Students Reject Teaching As A Career. Talk presented at American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.

Brown, T., Malen, B, McCaskill, T. (Accepted) To Teach or Not to Teach?: Perceptions and Experiences of the Teaching Profession. Talk presented at American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.

 

 

Instructor, EDCI 288: College Study Skills (AAP, Undergraduate), University of Maryland

Summer 2022

Instructor, TLPL 465: Equitable Classrooms (Undergraduate), University of Maryland

Spring 2022

Instructor, TLPL 466: Equity and Pedagogy (Undergraduate), University of Maryland

Fall 2021

Teaching Assistant, TLPL 465: Equitable Classrooms (Undergraduate), University of Maryland

Fall 2020