OCCRL Staff and Affiliates

Research Associate and Principal of Garden Hills Academy

Asia Fuller Hamilton is an associate supporting OCCRL work related to gender and racial equity, college readiness, and advanced placement. Her research focus involves understanding and improving the cultural competencies of school leaders, with an emphasis on issues of equity. From 2014-2016 Dr. Fuller Hamilton was a research assistant with the Pathways Resource Center (PRC). Prior to working with PRC, Dr. Fuller Hamilton served in the Champaign Unit 4 school district as an educator and administrator, most recently as the principal of Garden Hills Academy.

Education

• Ph.D., Educational Organization and Leadership, Educational Administration and Leadership, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• M.Ed., Educational Organization and Leadership, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign