Dr. Sanfrená Britt

Dr. Sanfrená A. Britt earned her doctorate in Educational Administration in Higher Education from the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor and her Masters of Science in Counseling Psychology from Texas A&M University-Central Texas.

She is the recipient of numerous awards for her scholarly work, and recently received the Outstanding Qualitative Research award for her doctoral dissertation entitled, Socioeconomic Inequality and Disadvantages in Education. She also recently earned the nationally recognized ACUE credential for Effective Online Teaching Practices and micro-credential for Inclusive Teaching for Effective Learning. She began her career in higher education at Texas A&M University-Central Texas in 2013, and she has served as an educator in the Central Texas area continuously since 1992.

She posits that research in educational psychology is a fundamental component in understanding human and social behavior, and assisting with academic citizenship. More specifically, she subscribes to the foundational perspective that qualitative evaluations in grounded theory ethnographies assists with exploring underlying issues that contribute to not only maladjustments in educational settings, but also to maladjustment to societal norms and underachievement in areas fundamental to economic success, such as education and vocation.

She is sensitive to the need to reach beyond cultural differences and find commonalities that allow global collaborations. The beauty of each ethnic group is a demonstration of the uniqueness of the human experience. The ability to see physical and cultural differences as an asset is at the core of diversity, rather than a premise for prejudicial inequality. The goal is not to ignore racial uniqueness, ethnic diversity, and the relationships that develop as a result of understanding the richness offered by each; the goal is to explore and redefine preconceived perceptions of these differences and discover that we have more in common than we do in contrast.