Department / Division
- Educational Foundations Faculty
Title
- Associate Professor
Contact
Email: qmc24@msstate.edu
Education
- 1998 Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of West Alabama
- 2002 Master of Arts in Teaching from the University of West Alabama
- 2009 Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Policy Studies from Georgia State University
- 2014 Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Argosy University
Courses Taught
- EDF 3333 Social Foundations of Education
- EDF 3413 Writing for Thinking
- EDF 4243/6263 Planning for the Diversity of Learners
- EDF 8553 Research in Education
Research Expertise
- black/hip hop feminism
- black women and girls
- critical media literacy
- diversity and social justice
- program evaluation
- qualitative research and poetic inquiry
- teacher education
Selected Publications
- Cutts, Q., & Sankofa Waters, M. B. (forthcoming). Poetic approaches to qualitative data analysis. In G. Noblit (Ed.), Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Education. Ed. New York: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acrefore/9780190264093.013.ORE_EDU-00993.R1
- Cutts, Q. (2018). …to Love Me”: A poem exploring Black women’s love narratives. Qualitative Inquiry . https://doi.org/10.1177/1077800418809735
- Cutts, Q. (2018). An ethnopoetic reading of the rhetorical architecture in Miseducation. In B. Love, V. Evans-Winters, & B. Sankofa Waters (Eds.), Celebrating Twenty Years of Black Girlhood: The LaurynHill Reader . New York, NY: Peter Lang.
- Cutts, Q. (2017). Black women’s sexuality and relationships: Embracing self-love through BREATH-ing. In S. Evans, K. Thomas, & N. Burton (Eds.), Black Women’s Mental Health: Balancing Strength and Vulnerability, Volume 1 (pp. 161-182). Albany, NY: State University of New York Press.
- Cutts, Q. (2015). Responsibility, spirituality and transformation in the [for-profit] academy: An endarkened feminist autoethnography. In V. Winters-Evans, & B. Love (Eds.), Black Feminism in Education: Black Women Speak Back, Up, & Out (pp. 191-200). New York, NY: Peter Lang.
- Cutts, Q. (2013). Critical pedagogy of place. Journal of Curriculum Theorizing , 28 (3), 142-150.
- Cutts, Q., Love, B., & Davis, C. (2013). Being uprooted: Autobiographical reflections of learning in the [New] South. Journal of Curriculum Theorizing , 28 (3), 57-72.
Grants
- 2018 Inclusion through Innovation Grant
- 2017-2018 Ottilie Schillig Special Teaching Projects Grant
- 2017 College of Education Undergraduate Research Grant
Professional Engagement & Service
- American Education Research Association (member)
- AERA Arts-Based Educational Research SIG
- AERA Hip Hop SIG (membership chair)
- National Women’s Studies Association (member)
- The Rural Eduator – Reviewer