Woods College Faculty

Tuesday L. Cooper

Part-time Faculty

M.S. in Leadership Program

Profile

Dr. Tuesday L. Cooper has over 25 years of experience in higher education as both an administrator and faculty member. Dr. Cooper began teaching interdisciplinary and criminal justice related courses at the School of Human Services at Springfield College (Springfield, MA) and currently serves as a Professor of Criminal Justice at Manchester Community College in Manchester, CT.  In addition, she works with Charter Oak State College in New Britain, CT, and the Leadership Psy.D. program at William James College in Newton, MA, as a part-time faculty. She has 25 years of experience working in the non-profit arena, including front-line work, community advocacy, capacity building, and leadership development. 

Dr. Cooper serves as a research affiliate for the Boston University Center for Antiracist Research and a reviewer for the Journal of Negro Education. She is the author of The Sista’ Network: African American Women Faculty Successfully Negotiating the Road to Tenure and Diversity on Campus (2nd Edition, Co-Authored with Drs. David Schuman and Carolyn Pillow). In addition to publishing two articles, Tuesday has made over 30 academic conference presentations (invited and peer reviewed).