Symphony Oxendine, Cherokee/Choctaw, is an Assistant Professor of Higher Education in the Department of Educational Leadership at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. Her interest and excitement to teach comes from a desire to provide future higher education professionals with the knowledge base to provide developmental opportunities and communicate in ways that are inclusive of the backgrounds, demographics, and life experiences of the diverse students with whom they will work.
Her research interests include critical awareness of the social and institutional issues that affect the educational performance and institutional support of American Indians and other underrepresente...