Abigail Amoako Kayser

Abigail Amoako Kayser, Ph.D., is a postdoctoral research associate at the School of Education and Human Development at the University of Virginia. She is a Fulbright Scholar and a former elementary teacher in Charlottesville City Schools and Albemarle County Public Schools. Through her research and teaching, she aims to advance our understanding of how teachers ensure equitable and anti-racist educational experiences and outcomes for historically marginalized students in the U.S. and Ghana.

Her research focuses on these strands:

Anti-Racism and Asset-Based Pedagogies

  • Inservice and preservice teachers’ journeys towards becoming anti-racist
  • Teachers’ use of asset-based frameworks, such as culturally relevant pedagogy
  • Student outcomes and other impacts of asset-based pedagogies

Comparative and International Education

  • The intersectionality of race-ethnicity, gender, culture, religion, and class identities in the development and outcomes of Black girls in the U.S. and Ghana
  • How Black girls internalize negative stereotypes about their identities and how those stereotypes impact their educational trajectories and outcomes
  • How Black girls work to counter these negative stereotypes about their identities and how those efforts impact their educational trajectories and outcomes