Heather B. (Bossert) Cunningham

Heather B. (Bossert) Cunningham, Ph.D., is an associate professor of education at Chatham University and an independent education consultant. She previously taught in K–12 public schools in Washington, D.C., and Pittsburgh for 13 years, and has worked in education in Honduras, the Dominican Republic, and Malawi. Her research and professional work focus on preparing educators to support students from marginalized racial, cultural, linguistic, and socioeconomic backgrounds.

Cunningham holds a Ph.D. in Instruction and Learning: Language, Literacy and Culture from the University of Pittsburgh, an M.A. in Sociology, International Training and Education from American University, and a B.A. in Economics and Sociology from Allegheny College. She is a coauthor, with H. Richard Milner IV, Lori Delale-O’Connor, and Erika Gold Kestenberg, of These Kids Are Out of Control: Why We Must Reimagine “Classroom Management” for Equity.