Roland Mitchell

Dr. Roland Mitchell is the E.B. “Ted” Robert Endowed Professor and Dean of the College of Human Sciences and Education at Louisiana State University. His research interests include theorizing the impact of historical and communal knowledge on pedagogy. Roland has authored seven coedited books and numerous other scholarly works that have appeared in leading scholarly journals. He is Co-Editor of the Lexington Press of Rowman and Littlefield book series Race and Education in the 21st Century and Higher Education section editor of the Journal of Curriculum Theorizing. Roland has a deep passion for impactful community service as evidenced through his membership on the advisory boards of the Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services, Campus Federal Credit Union, and the Louisiana Governor’s Taskforce on Community Policing and Reform. He has a B.A. in History from Fisk University, a M.Ed. in Higher Education from Vanderbilt University, and a Ph.D. in Educational Research from The University of Alabama.