Abby C. Emerson is an incoming Assistant Professor of Education at Touro University starting in the Fall of 2025.
Dr. Emerson’s current project is a book contracted with Harvard Education Press tentatively titled Beyond Antiracism: Abolitionist Teacher Learning in Schools.
Generally, her work considers the possibilities and tensions when teachers learn about race in school settings. Her interests include: antiracist and abolitionist education, teacher education, critical whiteness, professional development, curriculum, and restorative justice. Dr. Emerson also engages in work related to arts-based methods and critical race parenting.
After nearly 15 years teaching in New York City at the elementary and higher education levels, Abby received her education doctorate (EdD) in 2023 from the Curriculum & Teaching department at Teachers College, Columbia University.
She lives in Brooklyn, NY with her partner and three children.
