OXFORD, Miss. – RoSusan Bartee, an associate professor of leadership and counselor education at the University of Mississippi, will sign copies and read from a volume of essays on diverse forms of capital and their relationship to education at noon Wednesday (Feb. 22) at the Barnes & Noble bookstore in the Ole Miss Student Union.
Bartee, who joined the UM School of Education in fall 2006, spent the last year editing “Contemporary Perspectives on Capital in Educational Contexts.” The volume is scheduled to be the first in a five-book series addressing diverse forms of capital, including cultural, economic, human and social capital.
RoSusan Bartee
As part of her reading, Bartee plans to address how theory can translate into practice by school practitioners – a task she believes scholars are charged to lead.
“I wanted to help scholars address the dynamics of capital within school contexts,” Bartee said. “For example, social capital comes from the networks and associations that individuals have access to. Resources are imbedded in all networks – human resources, political resources, financial resources – all of which make up capital and its many forms.”
David Rock, dean of the School of Education, will introduce Bartee at the signing.
“Her work is extremely important to higher education and leadership,” Rock said. “Social capital is her research interest, but more importantly, she believes in it. When someone has a vested interest in what they do, it’s not just work. She truly wants to make a difference in the educational opportunities offered to children.”
Before joining the university’s educational leadership faculty, Bartee held leadership positions with National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education and served as interim executive director of the Frederick D. Patterson Research Institute of the United Negro College Fund. A Mississippi native, she earned a bachelor’s degree in English from Tougaloo College, a master’s in liberal studies from Northwestern University and a doctorate in education policy studies from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
For more information, visit the School of Education.