Biography

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In 2017, Dr. Booker joined the School of Medicine from the Academic Success Center to work as a Learning Skills Specialist in the Office of Learning and Teaching. Her commitment to student excellence is far-spanning at Wayne State University. In addition to serving as an adjunct instructor, Dr. Booker has also worked as an academic advisor, project manager, and data analyst in several departments across the university. In 2020, Dr. Booker was honored with the Osmosis Raise the Line Faculty Award for Outstanding Service to Students in Healthcare. Dr. Booker is responsible for providing students with supplementary academic strategies to support their performance in Segment 2 of the undergraduate medical education program.

Dr. Booker is a twice graduate of Wayne State University holding a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Education Evaluation and Research and a Master of Science degree in Library and Information Science. She also holds a bachelor’s degree in Forensic Science from Marygrove College. Her research interests center on program evaluations and institutional effectiveness.

 

Awards

Employment Security Status (ESS/Tenure) – February 2021

Awarded to academic staff members who have provided at least five years of service to the university and have shown exemplary work and committeemen to the university’s goals and mission. ESS is a contractual status granted by the University to members of the academic staff who have qualified through the Academic-Staff Employment Security System. As a member of the academic staff with ESS status, the terminal date of the academic-staff member’s appointment is eliminated.

Osmosis Raise the Line Faculty Award – December 2020

Awarded to medical education faculty members who inspire both students and colleagues. The awardees are responsible for training the next generation of healthcare professionals and are constantly helping to “Raise the Line” by increasing the capacity of healthcare systems worldwide.

Promotion – August 2020

Awarded promotion from Academic Advisor II to Academic Advisor III.

Academic Leadership Academy Fellowship Award – 2019-2020

Awarded by the Wayne State University Office of the Provost, to faculty and academic staff who aspire to lead and enhance the lives of WSU students, employees, and surrounding community. Program designed to help enhance fellow’s leadership skills by introducing members to community-based leaders and leadership experiences from the production and implementation of a year-long leadership project.

Bookstock Scholarship Award – 2012

Awarded by the Wayne State University School of Information Science – The Bookstock Scholarship Award is awarded to an information science student with high academics and who is committed to urban education and literacy.

Marygrove College IOTA Gamma Alpha Award – 2007

Awarded to scholars who exemplify the 3 C’s; Competence, Commitment, and Compassion in their educational career, and who maintains high academic standing and professionalism.

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation – Gates Millennium Scholarship (GMS) Award – 2004-2016

Awarded to high performing high school senior students from diverse ethnic backgrounds and who demonstrate financial need. The GMS award is a full scholarship that pays unmet need for students from the undergraduate degree up to the completion of a doctoral degree.

Certifications

• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Certification
• Society for Human Resource Management
• Project Management Certification
• Project Management Institute

Courses taught

• Wayne state University School of Medicine – Detroit, MI.
  Course Director – USMLE Step 1 Prep
• Lawrence Technological University – Southfield, MI.
  Adjunct Instructor – University Seminar Course
• Wayne State University – Detroit, MI.
  Adjunct Instructor – First Year Seminar Course
• Wayne State University, Academic Success Center – Detroit, MI.
  Graduate Teaching Assistant, Study Skills
• Professional Contract Management Inc. – Portland, MI.
  Substitute Teacher

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy Major: Education, Evaluation, and Research, Wayne State University
• Master of Science Major: Library and Information Science, Wayne State University
• Bachelor of Science Major: Forensic Science, Marygrove College

All the above as a Bill and Melinda Gates Millennium Scholar & Rosa Parks Scholar

Expertise

• Academic Advising
• Academic Remediation
• Program Development
• Student Development
• Meta-Cognition
• Program Evaluation
• USMLE Examinations

Memberships

AAUP-AFT (2023 – Present) Organizing Fellow; Black Faculty and Staff Association (2022 – Present) Member; Pinnacle Achieving Scholars (PAS) Board Member · Jan 2014 – Present

Presentations

Presentations

• Michigan Canvas Users Conference: “Making It Work: Online Instruction With 300+ Students” (2020)
• Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC): Learn, Serve Lead Conference: “Step 1 Practices and Procedures” (2019)
• Wayne State University Academic Advising Summit: “Wellness Through the Lens of the 4S Framework” (2019)
• International Association of Medical Science Educators (IAMSE) Conference: “A Student-Centered Approach to Medical Education Through Learning Communities” (2019)
• Central Group on Educational Affairs Conference: “Strategies for Surviving and Thriving as a Medical Education Learning Specialist (MELS)” (2019)
• American Evaluation Association (AEA) Conference: “A Revised Logic Model for Educational Program Evaluation” (2018)
• 15th Annual Conference: Hawaii International Conference on Education in Hawaii: “The Effect of Collaborative Learning on Black Doctoral Students” (2017)

Research and Reports

Peer Reviewed

• Manuscript proposal accepted for publication in the book Recent Advances in Biostatistics by B. Santhosh Kumar for IntechOpen.
• A Revised Logic Model for Educational Program Evaluation. Journal of Modern Applied Statistical Methods. November, 2019. 18-2. doi: 10.22237/jmasm1604190300.

Higher Education Evaluations and Reports

• Racial Identity & Racial Healing Project – Workshop Pre-Reflection Survey Results Report (Evaluation of Workshop One). New Detroit (2018)
• Annual Women’s Collaborative Prevention Conference Retreat: U-Turn Report. CLASS Agency funded by the Detroit Wayne Mental Health Authority (2017)
• Wayne State University IBPRO Grant Clicker Data Report. IBPRO NIH Grant (2016)
• Comerica Scholars Learning Community Year End Report 2014-2015. Wayne State University Comerica Scholars Learning Community (2015)
• Winter 2014 – Bridges To The Doctorate Program: Mentoring Experience Evaluation Report. Bridges to the PhD Program (2014)
• Capacity Building Workshop Series Winter 2014 Report. Bridges to the PhD Program (2014)
• Bridges to PhD Program Participation Follow-Up Longitudinal Evaluation Report: Year 2, Fall Semester. University of Michigan - Bridges to PhD Program (2014)
• Bridges to PhD Program – PhD Experience Evaluation: Year 1 Report, Spring 2013. University of Michigan - Bridges to PhD Program (2013)

K-12 Evaluations and Reports

• Delray Community and International Bridge Project Report. Southwest Detroit Community Benefits Coalition (2015)
• Education Achievement Authority (EAA) Papers
  • Mary M. Bethune Elementary/Middle School Parent Needs and Assets Assessment: School Year 2013-2014. Education Achievement Authority (EAA) (2014)
  • Murphy Elementary/Middle School Parent Needs and Assets Assessment: School Year 2013-2014. Education Achievement Authority (EAA) (2014)
  • Nolan Elementary/Middle School Parent Needs and Assets Assessment: School Year 2013-2014.
  • Education Achievement Authority (EAA) (2014)
  • Stewart Elementary/Middle School Parent Needs and Assets Assessment: School Year 2013-2014. Education Achievement Authority (EAA) (2014)
  • Mumford High School Parent Needs and Assets Assessment: School Year 2013-2014. Education Achievement Authority (EAA) (2014)
  • Pershing High School Parent Needs and Assets Assessment: School Year 2013-2014.
  • Education Achievement Authority (EAA) (2014)
  • Southeastern High School of Technology and Law Parent Needs and Assets Assessment: School Year 2013-2014. Education Achievement Authority (EAA) (2014)
  • EAA Parent Needs and Assets Assessment Report: School Year 2013-2014. Education Achievement Authority (EAA) (2014)
• Detroit Parent Network (DPN) Evaluations and Reports
  • Harper Woods School District Parent Needs and Assets Assessment Report. Detroit Parent Network (2013)
  • Ecorse Public Schools Parent Needs and Assets Assessment Report. Detroit Parent Network (2013)
  • Detroit Public Schools Year End Parent Involvement Evaluation Report: 2012-2013. Detroit Parent Network (2013)
• Community, Government, and Policy Evaluations and Reports
  • The People’s Campaign Survey Report. Detroit Parent Network (2013)
  • Intersection Project Impact Report. Heritage Works (2013)
  • Policy Advocacy/Power Mapping for Improved Public Health Training – Evaluation Report. Community Based Organization Partners & Michigan Public Health Training Center (2013)

Research and teaching interests

• USMLE Step 1 pass/fail outcomes and results
• Educational program evaluations and the maintenance of continuous quality and improvement
• Logic models in educational evaluations
• Non-parametric tests for different types of data sets
• False discovery rates in biostatistics

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