Biography

Meghan L. Green, EdD is a mother of two sons and a third-generation educator originally from southwest Louisiana. Her lived experiences as the granddaughter of one woman who left the sixth grade to care for her family and another woman who earned her master’s degree while caring for two young sons influence how she moves in the world. Meghan is currently an Assistant Professor of Raciolinguistic Justice in Early Childhood Teacher Education at Erikson Institute in Chicago, IL. As a faculty member in the Triple Endorsement program, Meghan prepares early childhood educators to engage with young children at the intersections of race/ethnicity, language, and dis/ability.  

Meghan has strived to use the knowledge she gained from serving in various leadership capacities across national, regional, and local early childhood spaces to advocate for justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion for children and families in her community. Over the past 17 years, she has served in the field of early childhood education as a pre-kindergarten to 4th-grade teacher, a researcher, an adjunct professor, a university field-based liaison, an anti-bias and anti-racist training facilitator, and a former lead co-facilitator of NAEYC’s Diversity and Equity Education for Adults (DEEA) interest forum.  

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