Pipier Smith-Mumford
Field Director, EdD Program
Master Lecturer
Dr. Pipier Smith-Mumford is the field director for the EdD program and a master lecturer in the Educational Leadership & Policy Studies department at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. Dr. Smith-Mumford also consults with local school administrators and faculties on issues of equity, diversity, and inclusion, in addition to coaching and mentoring newly appointed school administrators through Massachusetts School Administrators Association.
During her 19-year tenure as a principal in Brookline, Mass., Dr. Smith-Mumford facilitated progressive, collaborative education strategies, inclusive of the diverse voices of all who work with children and young people. This included, among several topics, leading staff development in issues of racial equity and the opportunity gap.
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Education
PhD, Educational Administration, Boston College
EdM, Harvard University Graduate School of Education
BA, Smith College
Courses
Dissertation Development I
Education Supervision and Evaluation
Diversity and Justice in Education
Family and Community Engagement
Selected Publications
Teachers’ Reactions to a Ninth Grade Campus: Implications for the Transition to High School, ProQuest Publications, November, 2004.
“Cross Racial Dialogue: Does/Can Talk Lead to Action?”, Transformations, Spring, 1996
Selected Presentations
Hastings Elementary School, Lexington, MA., DEI Faculty Professional Development, 2018-2019
Prospect HiIl Academy Charter School, DEI Faculty and Staff Professional Development, 2017-2019
Waldorf High School, Belmont, MA, DEI Faculty Professional Development, Nov. 2017-Mar.
2018 Sojourner Truth Project Guest Speaker, Brookline, MA,
January, 2015 Brookline METCO Young Women’s Retreat, Panelist,
March 2014, 2015 Roxbury Community College, Grant Writing,
2014 Boston College, Simmons College, guest lecturer on the principalship,
2005-2010 Cross Racial Dialogue, American Educational Research Association Conference, Chicago, Ill., 1999