1957 - January 26th, 2009

1957 - January 26th, 2009
Personal Data
Education
Employment
Membership and Professional Organizations
Awards and Honors
Publications
Professional Interest Area
Major Contributions to Adult Education
Additional Resources
References

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).