1957 - January 26th, 2009
Personal Data
Deceased at the young age of 52 after losing a 6 month battle with lung cancer.
Survived by husband, Herman Potts, son, Aaron Potts, two sisters and several nieces and nephews.
Education
B.A. Wesleyan University, Oh 1921
M.A. Ohio State University, Oh 1922
Ph.D. Ohio State University, Oh 1924
Employment
| 9/02-2008 |
Co-Director Gidwitz Center for Urban Policy and Community Development |
| 1/01-9/02 |
Associate Professor Institute on Family and Neighborhood Life –Clemson University |
| 8/91-1/01 |
Assistant & Associate Professor Instruction and Teacher Education – University of South Carolina |
| 10/89-8/91 |
Consultant and Coordinator of the National Issues ForumsLiteracy Project - Forums, Dayton, Ohio |
| 1988 - 1989 |
Coordinator of Adult Basic Skills and Literacy – Midwest Women’s Center in Chicago |
| 1986 - 1988 |
Coordinator and Field Consultant – Northern Illinois University |
| 1981 - 1986 |
Teacher, Elementary Grade Four - Indianapolis Public Schools |
Membership and Professional Organizations
Steering Committee: Adult Education Research Conference (2005-2007)
Executive Committee: Commission of Professors of Adult Education(1995-1997)
Member: American Association for Adult and Continuing Education
Editorial Review Board: Adult Learning (2001-2004)
Member: Commission of Professors of Adult Education
Awards and Honors
Life Membership Award - In Recognition of Professional Leadership and Exemplary Service, presented at the Tri-State Community Education
Conference, Asheville, NC. May, 1996.
Outstanding Graduate Research Award, June 1991
Kappa Delta Pi, Spring 1990
Illinois Consortium for Educational Opportunity Program (ICEOP Fellow),
1989 -1990
Publications
Peterson, Elizabeth. (1992, November). African American Women: A Study of Will and Success. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, 122 pps. In print.
Peterson, Elizabeth. (2002, Fall). Freedom Road: Adult Education of African Americans. (Editor) 2nd Revised edition. Malabar, FL: Krieger & Company. Co-published by the American Association of Adult & Continuing Education, Washington, DC.
Peterson, Elizabeth. (1996, Spring). Freedom Road: Adult Education of African Americans. Malabar, FL: Krieger & Company. Co-published by the American Association of Adult & Continuing Education, Washington, DC. 245
Peterson, E. and Jones, A. (2001, Fall) .Women, Journal Writing and the Reflective Process. in English, L. and Gillen, M. (eds.) Promoting Journal 11 Writing in Adult Education. New Directions For Adult and Continuing Education, San-Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Sparks, B. and Peterson, E. (2000, Fall) "Adult Basic Education" in Hayes, E. and Wilson, A. Handbook of Adult and Continuing Education, San Francisco, Wiley Press.
Peterson, E. (1999) "Creating a Culturally Relevant Dialogue for African American Adult Educators," in Talmadge Guy (ed.) Culturally Relevant Adult
Education. New Directions in Adult and Continuing Education. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Peterson, Elizabeth A. (1996, Spring). Fanny Coppin, Mary Shadd Cary and Charlotte Grimke: Three African American Women Who Made a Difference. In Elizabeth A. Peterson (Ed.), Freedom Road: Adult Education of African Americans. Malabar, FL: Krieger & Company.
Peterson, Elizabeth A. (Fall, 1996). Our Students, Ourselves: Lessons of Challenge and Hope From The African American Community. In The Future
of Community-Based Literacy, Peggy Sissel, (ed.). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass
Peterson, E. (Spring, 1997). African American Women and the Emergence of Self Will: The Use of Phenomenological Research. In Collecting Treasures:
Narrative Research with Black Women. Kim Marie Vaz, (ed.). Thousand Oaks, California: SAGE.
Professional Interest Area
Adult Basic Education
African American Adults & Education
Black Women & Education
Major Contributions to Adult Education
Was the first to introduce critical race theory to adult education through her chapter, Creating a Culturally Relevant Dialogue for African American Adult Educators, which was published in 1999 in the Culturally Relevant Adult Education-New Directions in Adult and Continuing Education (edited by Talmadge Guy).
Additional Resources
Articles
Photo Gallery-
Younger photo placed into the Chicago Tribune in memory of the late Dr. Peterson.
Video/Audio
Books
References
Image. (2009, January 29). Obituary. The Chicago Tribune on the web.
http://www.c (2012).hicagotribune.com/news/obituaries
Seattle University School of Law. About the Authors (paragraph 18).
http://www.law.seattleu.edu/x7780.xml (2012).
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