Rhonda Hylton

Rhonda Hylton earned her Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction, with a concentration in Literacy, from Kent State University. Hylton's research expertise includes literacy pedagogical practices of Black women faculty, epistemological ways of knowing and being for Black women faculty, intersectionality, cultural and social issues embedded in schools, and preservice teacher education. Her current interests center racial literacies in preservice teacher education. Her work has been published in peer-reviewed journals and books and presented at numerous state and national conferences. Hylton has served on the Executive Board for the Ohio Council of Teachers of English Language Arts, as well as Kent State’s School of Teaching, Learning and Curriculum Studies Ad-hoc Anti-Racist Task Force and the Women of Color Collective Leadership Team. Hylton is committed to advancing equity in education through her teaching, research, and service. Always curious, Hylton situates herself as a learner and a teacher and applies a collaborative frame to these positions when working with others.