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Dr. Peters-Hawkins has worked in the K-12 context as a middle school teacher, a school social worker, Dean of students, and a high school principal. In addition, Dr. Peters-Hawkins served four years as a consultant in the Atlanta Public Schools, providing professional learning and support to small school reform leaders.
Dr. Peters-Hawkins is the Associate Chair of the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies (DELPS). She is also a Past President of the University Council of Educational Administration (UCEA), a consortium of higher education institutions committed to advancing the preparation and practice of educational leaders for the benefit of schools and children.
Dr. Peters-Hawkins is passionate about equity and social justice for the most vulnerable populations of students. Her research interests include: (a) women in school leadership; (b) mentoring and support for early career administrators; (c) urban schooling; and (d) leadership and small school reform. She has published in Teachers' College Record, The Journal of School Leadership, International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, Educational Administration Quarterly, and others.
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Refereed Articles:
Pasque, P. A., Patton Davis, L., Gayles, J. G., Gooden, M. A., Henfield, M. S., Milner IV, H. R., Peters, A., & Stewart, D-L. (2021). Unapologetic Educational Research: Addressing Anti-Blackness, Racism and White Supremacy. Cultural Studies<=>Critical Methodologies.
Peters, A.L. & Miles Nash, A. (2021). I’m every woman: Advancing the intersectional leadership of
Black women school leaders as anti-racist praxis. Journal of School Leadership.
Nash, A.M., Peters-Hawkins, A.L. (2020). For us: Towards an intersectional leadership conceptualization by Black women for Black girls. Journal of Educational Administration and History. DOI: 10.1080/00220620.1785403.
Peters, A. L. (2019). Desegregation and the (dis)integration of Black school leaders: Reflections on the impact of Brown v. Board of Education on Black education. Peabody Journal of Education, 94(5),521-534.
Peters, A.L., Reed, L.C., & Kingsberry, F. (2017). Dynamic Leadership Succession: Strengthening urban principal succession planning. Urban Education. 0042085916682575.
Book Chapters:
Greer, T.W., Peters, A.L. (in press). Understanding and Reducing Negative Interpersonal Behaviors: A Critical HRD Approach?to Improve Workplace Inclusion. In J. C. Collins & J.L. Callahan, (eds.) The Palgrave Handbook of Critical Human Resource Development. Palgrave.
Davis, T.J. & Peters, A.L. (2022). Sista Circles with SistUH Scholars: Socializing Black Women Doctoral Students. In C. Porter, T. Sule & N. Croom (eds.), Applying Black Feminist Epistemology and Praxis: Narratives in and Through the Academy. Routledge.
Davis, T.J., Peters, A.L., White, C.L., Wilson, M.S. (2022). SistUH Scholars: Mentoring Black Women Doctoral Students in Education. In B.T. Kelly & S. Fries-Britt (eds.) Building mentorship networks to support Black women: A guide to succeeding in the academy. Routledge.
Peters, A.L. & Aaron, T.S. (2020). How to exercise moral leadership in the current social and political climate. In J. Brooks, Watson, T. & Heffernan, A. (eds.) The school leadership survival guide: What to do when things go wrong, how to learn from mistakes, and why you should prepare for the worst. Information Age Publishers.
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B.S. in
Human Development and Social Policy, Northwestern University, 1993
M.S. in
School Social Work, Columbia University, New York, 1997
M.A. in
Educational Policy and Leadership , The Ohio State University, 2002
Ph.D. in
Educational Policy and Leadership, The Ohio State University, 2003
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