Monique Lane

Dr. Monique Lane is a proud mother scholar, award-winning classroom teacher, and tenured Associate Professor of Educational Leadership. Before joining Saint Mary's College of California faculty, she earned her Ph.D. in Urban Schooling from UCLA and later advanced her scholarship as a postdoctoral researcher at Columbia University's Teachers College. As a former high school English teacher at her alma mater in South Los Angeles, Dr. Lane's professional journey exemplifies her deep-seated commitment to uplifting Black and Indigenous People of Color (BIPOC) and other historically subordinated communities. Her scholarship reflects expertise in self-reflexive, justice-centered, and critical methodologies—including critical race feminist autoethnographic and phenomenological research, Youth Participatory Action Research, and exploratory research studies. Dr. Lane's most notable publications advance Black feminist pedagogy and Black mothers' educational parenting strategies as vital responses to school-based stressors threatening adolescent Black girls' opportunities to thrive. Equity & Excellence in Education, International Journal of Educational Reform, and The Urban Review feature prominent articles by Dr. Lane. In 2021, Peter Lang published her first book, Engendering #BlackGirlJoy: How to Cultivate Empowered Identities and Educational Persistence in Struggling Schools.