Dr. Barrett Rosser is an Assistant Professor of Teacher Education and Professional Development at Morgan State University and a research faculty for the National Center for the Elimination of Educational Disparities (NCEED). A proud HBCU alumna, Dr. Rosser earned her degree in English Education from North Carolina A&T State University and her Master’s in Educational Leadership, Management, and Policy from Seton Hall University. She later earned her Ed.D. in Reading, Writing, and Literacy from the University of Pennsylvania.

Rosser’s research sits at the intersection of Black Feminist Practitioner Research, practitioner inquiry, and literacy, with a focus on love as a foundation for educational transformation. She examines how teachers adopt inquiry-based approaches to engage critically with their practice, particularly through writing and justice-oriented reflection, and how Black girls use literacy as a means of self-love, identity development, and critical consciousness. Across these contexts, she investigates writing as a relational and liberatory practice that nurtures growth, challenges dominant narratives, and reimagines education as a space of collective possibility.

Dr. Rosser is a recipient of the AERA Out-of-School Time Emerging Scholar Award, the Ralph C. Preston Award for Social Justice, and the Philadelphia Writing Project Award for Outstanding Commitment to Practitioner Inquiry. Her work has been published in English Journal and Excellence and Equity in Education, and her research has been supported by grants from the Spencer Foundation, the McDonnell Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Her scholarship is deeply rooted in a commitment to amplifying the voices and creative contributions of historically marginalized communities, particularly Black girls and women. She emphasizes lived experience as a crucial site of knowledge production. She is currently involved in a collaborative research-practice partnership examining how teachers utilize archival inquiry to co-design curricula that recover and elevate Black Philadelphia histories.