Blanche Jackson GlimpsBlanche Jackson Glimps is a professor in the Department of Teaching and Learning, College of Education, at Tennessee State University (TSU). She earned an undergraduate degree from Eastern Michigan University, a Masters of Education degree from WayneState University, 30 hours beyond the masters in Learning Disability at Wayne State University, a doctoral degree from The University of Michigan, and she completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the Bush Institute of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She has served as chairperson of education departments and as a Vice President for Academic Affairs at religious-based colleges and a secular universities. At TSU, she is involved in the preparation of teachers and teaches primarily special education courses. Among her research and writing interests include the following: spirituality and teaching, culturally responsive teaching, diversity issues, and the overrepresentation of specific ethnic and gender groups in special education classrooms in the United States. Read More Read Less