Amy Olson Amy Olson is associate professor and associate dean of Teacher Education at Duquesne University, PA. She earned her Ph.D. at University of Arizona in 2014. Her commitment to equitable educational outcomes for all students is demonstrated in her book "The American Dream for Students of Color: Myths and Barriers to Educational Success" (2021). As a scholar of practice, she examines equity implications of teachers’ beliefs about content and what it means to learn and to be successful in school. She teaches in undergraduate and graduate teacher education and educational leaderships programs with the goal of building capacity and sustaining the work of justice-oriented educators. Read More Read Less