Efe Shavers
Doctoral Student
Efe Shavers is a doctoral student in applied human development at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. She focuses on teacher preparation and student experiences specifically related to culturally sustaining practices.
Before beginning her doctoral studies, Efe worked for over six years as an elementary school counselor, where she designed and implemented a district-wide antiracism curriculum as well as taught professional development for teachers within and out of the school district. Efe also worked with Harvard’s RIDES program from 2015-2019 where she worked in collaboration with schools across the United States and a few Central American countries. She is a member of the American Psychological Association, as well as the American Educational Research Association.
Advisors: Tina Durand and Kimberly Howard
Pronouns: she/hers
Recent News
Education
MSW, Boston University School of Social Work
BA, Psychology and Creative Writing, University of California—Riverside
Selected Publications
Howard. K., Shavers. E., Langtry.S.B., Voetsch. P.C. August 2021. Providing Quality Career Programming in Elementary Schools: What Does it Take to Do It Well? American Psychological Association Conference.
Shavers. E., Shah. T., Durand. T., Kim. G., February 2021. Self-Care and Community - Care as an Act of Political Warfare During a Double Pandemic. Round Table Discussion. Columbia University, Teachers College Roundtable: A Pandemic of Racism. New York, New York.
Shavers. E., Shah. T., October 2020. Diversity Challenge- October 2020. Goodbye Isms. Women of Color in Academia. Structured Discussion. Boston College, Boston, MA.
Anton, M., Shavers, E., D'Abreu, A., & Glick, B. (February 2020). Stories of Belongingness, Affinity, and Disconnection in Independent, Public, and International School Settings. Table Presentation. Harvard Graduate School of Education Alumni of Color Conference, Cambridge, MA.
Solberg, S., & Shavers, E. (2020, March 5). Professional Development: Culturally Sustaining Practices [Webinar]. In Career Development in Schools with Statewide Leaders Series.
Anton, M., Glick, B., & Shavers, E. (May 2018). Getting to the heart of the matter: Opening up space for brown and black voices, lives, and experiences at the elementary level. Harvard Graduate School of Education Alumni of Color Conference, Cambridge, MA.
Anton, M., Shavers, E., Perdiz, B., & Uzenski, C. (April 2018). Emerging Best Practices Conference: Preventing and addressing Bias-based incidents in schools. Boston Public Schools Cultural Proficiency Conference, Dedham, MA.
Anton, M., Shavers, E., Glick, B., Sawka, C., & Uzenski, C. (April 2017). Beyond desegregation: Promising practices for creating diverse and equitable schools. Harvard Graduate School of Education RIDES Conference, Cambridge, MA.
Anton, M., Shavers, E., Matthews, A., & Smith, J. (November 2017). Brown voices in suburban white spaces: Cross-cultural conversation, conflict, and deliberate curriculum in elementary schools. Harvard Graduate School of Education RIDES Conference, Cambridge, MA.
Anton, M., Shavers, E., Glick, B., & Uzenski, C. (March 2016). Opening up spaces for all: Cross-cultural conversation & conflict in diverse elementary schools. Harvard Graduate School of Education Alumni of Color Conference, Cambridge, MA.
Anton, M., Shavers, E., & Matthews, A. (May 2016). Difficult conversations across cultures. Massachusetts Elementary Schools Principals Association Conference, Cape Cod, MA.