Dr. Sellers joined the Pacific University faculty in 2018 after 17 years as a public school teacher and district administrator in Atlanta, Georgia, and she currently chairs the undergraduate teacher licensure program in the School of Learning and Teaching.
Cristy Sellers, PhD
Forest Grove Undergraduate Program Chair | Associate Professor
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Dr. Sellers holds a Ph.D. in Educational Policy Studies from Georgia State University and teaches courses in Educational Foundations, Disability Studies, Research Methods, and Special Education. She is the Program Chair of Pacific University’s Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Education & Learning and is the advisor for Pacific's minor in Disability Studies. Dr. Sellers sits on the editorial board for Health, Interprofessional Practice & Education and serves as Assistant Editor of Curriculum and Teaching Dialogue, the academic journal of The American Association for Teaching and Curriculum. Before coming to Pacific, she served as Executive Director of Special Education for Fulton County Schools in Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Sellers' scholarship in Disability Studies and Education focuses on the history of education for students with disabilities, curricular and structural inequity in schools and teacher education, and the role of teacher identity and positionality in shaping classroom culture.