Department of Media, Career Studies and Leadership Development

Dr. Tempestt R. Adams is an associate professor of career and technical education. She has over a decade of teaching experience spanning middle school, high school, community college, and university levels.

Her research areas focus on urban education, teacher preparation, arts-based methods, college and career readiness, and career and technical education. She is a member of the North Carolina Association for Research in Education (NCARE).

In 2020, Dr. Adams received the college's Outstanding Teaching Award, and in 2022, as part of the Creativity Collaborative, she received the college's Community of Practice award. 

Selected Publications

Refereed Journal Publications

• Adams, T. R. (2023). Visual reflection: New tools for pedagogy and practice. The Vermont Connection, 44(1). https://scholarworks.uvm.edu/tvc/vol44/iss1/12
• Luetkemeyer, J., Adams, T., Davis, J., Redmond, T. and Hash, P. (2021). Creative practice in higher education: Decentering academic experiences. Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 62(4). DOI: 10.3138/jelis.62-4-2020-0097
• Hash, P., Redmond, T., Adams, T., Luetkemeyer, J., and Davis, J. (2021). Leading with care: Sustaining colleagues and students in times of crisis. Journal of Curriculum & Pedagogy. DOI: 10.1080/15505170.2021.1914244
• Teasdell, A., Lee, S., Calloway, A., & Adams, T. Commitment, community, and consciousness: A collaborative autoethnography of a doctoral sister circle. (2021). Journal of African American Women and Girls in Education, 1(1), 7-23. https://doi.org/10.21423/jaawge-v1i1 *Published with graduate students
• Adams, T., Robinson, D., & Lewis, C. (2020). Developing scholar identities: A case study of Black males in an early college high school. Journal of African American Males in Education, 11(1), 6-22.
• Adams, T., Williams, B., & Lewis, C. (2020). “That’s the point of going”: A qualitative inquiry into the experiences of Black males at an early college high school. Journal of Advanced Academics, 31(1), 14-34.
• Adams, T. & Starker-Glass, T. (2018). Urban teacher educator perceptions on culturally relevant pedagogy. Journal of Urban Learning, Teaching, and Research, 14, 7-17.