Monique Lane

Dr. Monique Lane is a motherscholar, award-winning classroom teacher, and tenured Associate Professor of Educational Leadership. Before joining Saint Mary’s College of California faculty, Dr. Lane earned a Ph.D. in Urban Schooling from UCLA and was a postdoctoral researcher at Columbia University's Teachers College. Her research advances Black feminist pedagogy and Black women's educational parenting strategies as disruptors to school-based stressors threatening Black girl learners' opportunities to thrive. Equity & Excellence in Education, International Journal of Educational Reform, and The Urban Review feature notable articles by Dr. Lane. Peter Lang published her first book, “Engendering #BlackGirlJoy: How to Cultivate Empowered Identities and Educational Persistence in Struggling Schools,” in 2021. The text is rooted in Dr. Lane's experiences as a South Los Angeles high school teacher working at her alma mater. Centering her students' perspectives, Dr. Lane outlines a Black feminist pedagogical framework that inspired bountiful #BlackGirlJoy in one embattled public school.