EDUCATION
| Ph.D. | Curriculum and Instruction | Louisiana State University |
| M.S. | Gifted Education | University of Louisiana-Lafayette |
| B.S. | English Education | Louisiana State University |
AWARDS AND HONORS
| 2021 | Outstanding Commitment to Teaching Award, The University of Alabama National Alumni Association; was one of four UA faculty selected |
| 2021 | Distinguished Teaching Fellow, The University of Alabama College of Arts & Sciences |
| Council of Graduate Schools/Peterson Award for Innovation in Promoting an Inclusive Graduate Community; $20,000 award with $20,000 matching funds from The University of Alabama for implementation. | |
| 2008-2009 | University of Alabama Leadership Academy Fellow (inaugural class) |
| 2008-2009 | Southeastern Conference Academic Consortiumās Academic Leadership Development Program Fellow (inaugural class) |
| 2005 | American Educational Studies Association (AESA) Critics Choice Award for Geographies of Girlhood: Identities In-between. |
| 2004 | American Educational Studies Association (AESA) Critics Choice Award for Cheerleader! An American Icon. |
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Gender and Schooling
Race, Class, Gender, and teh extracurricular
Cheerleading and Sports
RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS
Adams, N. (Ed). (submitted) Cheer Matters: Race, Class, and Gender in an American Institution. University of North Carolina Press.
Adams, N. and Adams, J. (2018). Just Trying to Have School: The Struggle for Desegregation in Mississippi. Jackson, MS: University of Mississippi Press.
Adams, N. & Bettis, P. (2003). Cheerleader! An American Icon. New York: Palgrave Press.
Adams, N., Deever, B., Shea, C. & Liston, D. (2nd ed.). (2005). Learning to Teach: A Critical Approach to the Field Experience. Mahwah, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Bettis, P. & Adams, N. (Eds.) (2005). Geographies of Girlhood: Identity In Between. Mahwah, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum and Associates.
BIOGRAPHY
Natalie Guice Adams is a Professor at the University of Alabama with a joint appointment in New College (College of Arts & Sciences) and Social and Cultural Studies in Education (College of Education). Her research focuses on the intersection of extracurricular activities in school, gender, race, and sexual identity, and popular culture.Ā Dr. Adams formerly served as the Director of New College and the Assistant Director of UAās Graduate School. In 2021, she was the recipient of the National Alumni Associationās Outstanding Commitment to Teaching Award and the College of Arts & Sciences Distinguished Teaching Fellow. She recently completed her second term as the Chair of the Board of Directors for the David Mathews Center for Civic Life.Ā
Dr. Adams has chaired over 20 dissertations and supervised dozens of independent study projects. She coordinates the Levitetz Leadership Program, which annually awards over $80,000 to UA students to develop their research, leadership, and entrepreneurial skills. Dr. Adams teaches a range of graduate and undergraduate courses, including Social Issues and Ethics, Social Problems-Social Change, Seminar in the Social Foundations of Education, and Church, State, and the American Public School. Dr. Adamsās research on the social and cultural significance of cheerleading in American culture is featured in the Netflix docuseries Cheer.