Melissa Rasberry

Melissa A. Rasberry, Ed.D., has spent the last 25+ years transforming organizations through strategic planning, relationship-building, and leadership development across K-16 classrooms and nonprofit environments. Most recently, she has served as the Program Director for the Impact Academy, a year-long leadership training fellowship for deans of teacher preparation programs. From her professional start as an elementary teacher through her role as an adjunct assistant professor, Dr. Rasberry has consistently championed the voices and ideas of the marginalized and disenfranchised. Her professional interests span the development continuum—from mentoring junior staff to expanding leadership of senior professionals. She holds a doctorate of educational leadership and currently coaches and/or chairs EdD students through their dissertation process. When Dr. Rasberry isn’t working diligently to build new leaders, she is an avid contributor to her community. Whether supporting her beloved Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Incorporated or her local church, she believes firmly in the Zulu concept of ubuntu: “I am because we are.”

Education

BA, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

MSA, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

EdD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Public Service

Sigma Public Education and Research Foundation, Committee Member -

Publications

Rasberry, M., Weber, G., Wilson, J. (2022). From clock-based to competency-based: How microcredentials can transform professional development.

Zarch, R., Sexton, S., McGill, M. M., Rasberry, M., Ong, C., Hollis, S., Smith, J. (2021). Hindsight 2020: Guidebook for virtual professional development for computer science, lessons learned from summer 2020.

Reinking, A. K., McGill, M. M., Sexton, S., Zarch, R., Ong, C., Rasberry, M., Hollis, S. (2022). Teacher computer science professional development evaluation toolkit: A companion document to the guidebook for virtual professional development for computer science teachers.

Schwarzhaupt, R., Liu, F., Wilson, J., Lee, F., Rasberry, M. (2021). Teachers’ engagement and self- efficacy in a PK–12 computer science teacher virtual community of practice. Journal of Computer Science Integration