Meet Dr. William White

Dr. William L. White Jr.  hails from Fredericksburg, VA, and holds a Ph.D. in special education at the University of Washington where he most recently received the Gordon C. Lee Dissertation Award for his dissertation entitled “Through Our Eyes: The Lived Experiences of Black Male Early Childhood Teachers.”  William received his B.A. in political science/pre-law and his M.Ed. in special education from Virginia State University a HBCU located in Petersburg, VA. He also holds an Education Specialist Degree in Early Childhood Special Education from The Graduate School of Education & Human Development at George Washington University. William was 2020-2021 Start with Equity Fellow at The Children’s Equity Project at Arizona State University. Currently, William is the co-designer and Director of My Brother’s Teacher which works to increase the presence of Black and Brown males in early childhood education and Part-Time Early Childhood Education faculty at North Seattle College. He also continues to provide pro-bono special education consulting to families of students in the Washington, D.C., and Seattle area.  

Learn more about Dr. William White and My Brother's Teacher here. You can here more from Dr. William White on our next CAN Amplify episode where he discusses the importance of men in ECE!