Ebonyse Mead, Ed.D.

President at Educational Equity Institute

For 16 years, Ebonyse has been a devoted advocate, providing coordinated and comprehensive early childhood and family support services to improve educational and health outcomes for children and families of diverse cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds.

Since 2015, Ebonyse has worked at the state level promoting racial equity in early childhood by providing training on diversity, inclusion, and equity with a particular focus on implicit bias, racial socialization, and culturally responsive instruction to the early childhood workforce in North Carolina.

Ebonyse is a Certified Family Life Educator and holds a Doctorate of Education in Early Childhood from Concordia University Chicago. She earned a Master’s of Arts in Human Service Counseling also from Concordia and completed a second Master’s of Science in Family Studies from Texas Woman’s University. Ebonyse also has completed a Graduate Certificate in Anti-Racist Urban Education from UNC Charlotte.

Her research interest include: racial inequities in early childhood, specifically suspensions and expulsions of children of color, implicit racial bias, positive racial and ethnic identity development with preschool children and culturally responsive family engagement.

Ebonyse is deeply committed to creating safe and brave spaces to talk about institutional racism and promote diversity and equity in early childhood. She is passionate about creating equitable programs and practices for diverse families and their children.