Noor Maria Jones-Bey, Director of National Resource Center

Noor Jones-Bey is a transdisciplinary educator, researcher and artist from the Bay Area, CA with over fifteen of experience working within the field of education. As a scholar and practitioner deeply interested in the liminal spaces between theory and practice, Noor has extensive experience designing humanizing programming and curriculum that is responsive and relevant to global and local communities. Noor currently serves as an equity and design consultant, providing technical assistance to a variety of professionals, organizations, and universities nationwide. Noor earned her Ph.D. in Urban Education and her M.A. in Sociology of Education from New York University and her B.A. in American Studies from the University of California, Berkeley. Noor’s interests range across disciplines from sociology, education, Black and Native studies, and visual culture to examine issues of liminality, identity, space and power as they relate to education. Her dissertation work examines intergenerational knowledge of Black womxn and girls navigating in and out of schools. In her spare time, she loves to cook, dance, run marathons, travel, and stir up good vibes.