Faculty Profiles
Dr. Vonzell Agosto
Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies Affiliate Faculty in Women and Gender Studies and Educational Measurement and Research
Email: vagosto@usf.edu
Office: USF Tampa campus, EDU 158-E
Phone: 813-974-3422
Dr. Agosto received her doctorate degree from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
She serves as Associate Editor of the Journal of Curriculum and Pedagogy and Secretary
of Division B: Curriculum Studies of the American Educational Research Association
(2020-2022). Her research interests include curriculum leadership, disability studies,
and cultural (heritage, popular, material) studies. Her publications include multiple
book chapters and articles in Review of Research in Education, Race, Ethnicity & Education,
Educational Researcher, Teachers College Record, Journal of School Leadership, Journal
of Curriculum Theorizing, and the Journal of Negro Education, amongst others.
Dr. Agosto is, or was, Principal or Co-Principal Investigator on grants totaling approximately
$4.3 million dollars for research and development projects such as:
- The BEST Way: A Study of Black Males in the Medical/Healthcare Fields.
- Advancing Leadership for Intersectional Equity
- Preparing Leaders for Faculty Roles in Special Education Administration and Policy Studies
- Play it Forward Leadership (PlayFL): Transformative Theatrics
- Race to the Top Job-Embedded Principal Preparation Program