Leslie Ekpe

Leslie Ekpe is pursuing a Ph.D. at Texas Christian University (TCU) in Higher Educational Leadership and is President of the TCU Graduate Student Association. Ekpe also serves as the Vice President of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) Holmes Program. Ekpe is an alumna of Alabama A&M University, where she earned her bachelor’s degree in Management, the University of Alabama at Birmingham, where she obtained her Master of Arts in Communication Management, and Sam Houston State University, where she received her Masters in Business Administration. Ekpe is a former Professional Communications teacher for Uplift Education Public Charter School Network. Her research seeks to promote access for minoritized students at the postsecondary level with a specific focus on anti-racism, college access policies, racial politics in education, and social justice.