Natasha Croom

Associate Dean, Graduate School

Office: Martin E 106/8
Phone: 864-656-2878
Email: nncroom@clemson.edu
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Educational Background

Ph.D. Education - Higher Education
Iowa State University 2011

M.S. Educational Administration - Higher Education
Texas A&M University 2005

Profile

Dr. Natasha N. Croom is Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs in the Graduate School and Professor of Higher Education and Student Affairs in the College of Education at Clemson University.

Dr. Natasha N. Croom is a critical race feminist scholar-practitioner committed to working in and with communities to support the creation of equity-based practices and policies. She serves as a national education equity consultant, facilitator, keynote speaker, and guest lecturer to university communities as well as public education policy non-profit organizations.

Dr. Croom’s research in the areas of faculty advancement, Black womyn in higher education, and equity praxis, has been shared in The Review of Higher Education, Negro Educational Review, International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, Equity & Excellence in Education, About Campus, and the Journal for Student Affairs Research and Practice. She is co-editor of Applying Black Feminist Epistemology, Research, and Praxis: Narratives in and through the Academy (Porter, Sule, & Croom); Envisioning Critical Race Praxis in Higher Education through Counter-Storytelling (Croom & Marsh); Envisioning Critical Race Praxis in K-12 Education through Counter-Storytelling (Marsh & Croom); Critical Perspectives on Black Women in College (Patton & Croom), and the first special issue of the NASPA Journal About Women in Higher Education (now Journal of Women and Gender in Higher Education) entitled Centering the Diverse Experiences of Black Women Undergraduates (Patton, Croom, & Haynes).

As Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs in The Graduate School at Clemson University, Dr. Croom works with the Office of Graduate Admissions, student academic progress processes, orientation and onboarding initiatives, funding efforts (i.e., assistantships, fellowships), recognition awards, and the Inclusive Excellence Strategic Plan in the Graduate School. She serves as Chair of the Graduate Council, as well as the Graduate Fellowships and Awards Committee. Foregrounding an equity lens, she works collaboratively with students, faculty, staff, and other divisions and units across campus to resolve dilemmas that may interfere with a graduate student’s overall well-being and academic success.

Dr. Croom is currently Co-Editor in Chief of NASPA's Journal of Women and Gender in Higher Education, a Board of Director Member (2nd term) and Chair of the largest Council in the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE), a Senior Scholar designee in ACPA - Student Affairs Educators International, and highly involved in NASPA - Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education. She previously served on the Editorial Boards for the Journal of College Student Development (JCSD) and the Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, and the .

Courses Taught

EDL 9100 – Introductory Doctoral Seminar
EDSA 8190 – Contemporary College Students
EDL 9620 – Higher Education Governance
EDL 9770 – Diversity Issues in Higher Education
EDL 9800 – Current Issues in Educational Leadership
EDL 9880 – Directed Research
EDL 9910 – Doctoral Dissertation Research

EDSA 8030 – Student Development Services in Higher Education
EDSA 8190 – Contemporary College Student
EDSA 8340 – Student Affairs Practicum
EDSA 8440 – Student Affairs Internship

Research Interests

Access, development, success for Black womyn faculty and students
Faculty advancement for womyn
Equity theory, policy, practice in higher education

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