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Belk Center for Community College Leadership and Research

David F. Ayers, Ed.D.

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Associate Professor

Bio

David F. Ayers, Ed.D., completed an Ed.D. in higher education administration at N.C. State University in 1999. His prior studies included an M.A. in higher education with a minor in Spanish and a B.S. in Spanish, both from Appalachian State University. In 2008, he completed a certificate in critical discourse analysis and social research at Lancaster University (United Kingdom), and in 2016, he earned a Master of Studies in Law at Wake Forest University School of Law.

His first professional job was teaching English and world history at Instituto Laurens, A.C., in Monterrey, Mexico. In the years following, he taught Spanish in K-12 and in community colleges. Since 2002, he has held faculty appointments in higher education and community college leadership, first at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and then at Old Dominion University. In 2019, he received the Senior Scholar Award from the Council for the Study of Community Colleges. He currently serves as editor of Community College Review.

David’s research focuses on the historical and sociocultural contexts of community college leadership. He aspires to help more educators identify as leaders and, ultimately, to reimagine leadership work.

Area(s) of Expertise

Educational Leadership, Policy, and Human Development

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