Allison L. Palmadessa, PhD

Education:

PhD, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
MA, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
BA, Greensboro College

Publications:

Books: 

Palmadessa, A. L., Ed. (2021). Education in America: Perspectives, Challenges and Opportunities. New York: Nova Publishers.

Palmadessa, A. L., Ed (2021). World War II: Background, Aftermath and Impact. New York: Nova Publishers.

Palmadessa, A. L. (2020). Higher Education Divided: National Expectations and the Bifurcation of Purpose and National Identity, 1946-2016. New York: Palgrave MacMillan.

Palmadessa, A. L., Ed. (2019). The Cold War: Global Impact and Lessons Learned. New York: Nova Publishers.

 Palmadessa, A. L. (2017). American National Identity, Policy Paradigms, and Higher Education: A History of the Relationship between Higher Education and the United States, 1862-2015.  New York: Palgrave MacMillan.

Chapters:

Palmadessa, A. L. (2022, in press). Misunderstanding Reinvigorates Racism:

The Case of Critical Race Theory in the Public Sphere. In A. Akande and B. Johannsen, Racial Inequality, Xenophobia, and Populism: New Forms of Racism in the United States and Around the Globe, Springer: New York.

Palmadessa, A. L. (2022, in press). Democracy in American Public Discourse: Power and the Crisis of Fear, Leadership, Race, and Division (or Unity). In A. Akande and B. Johannsen, Racial Inequality, Xenophobia, and Populism: New Forms of Racism in the United States and Around the Globe, Springer: New York.

Salavrakos, I., Palmadessa, A. L. and Radvila, E. (2022, in press). The Global Animal Farm: Situating International Instability. In A. Akande and B. Johannsen, Building Diplomacy for Regional Cooperation and Peace: Of Disinformation and Power. Springer: New York.

Palmadessa, A. L. (2021). Creating the Democratic Ideal: Presidential Agendas and Higher Education, 1939-1953. In A. L. Palmadessa, Ed., World War II: Background, Aftermath and Impact. New York: Nova Publishers.

Palmadessa, A. L. (2021). The National Defense Education Act: Maintaining US Dominance After World War II. In A. L. Palmadessa, Ed., World War II: Background, Aftermath and Impact. New York: Nova Publishers.

Palmadessa, A. L. (2021). Historical Memory and Modern Meaning: A Juxtaposition of Presidential Discourse Regarding Higher Education, 1789 to 1825 and 2008 to 2018. In A. L. Palmadessa, Ed., Education in America: Perspectives, Challenges and Opportunities. New York: Nova Publishers.

Palmadessa, A. L. (2021). Now More than Ever, Can Education Save America? An Introduction to the Perspectives, Challenges, and Opportunities for American Education. In A. L. Palmadessa, Ed., Education in America: Perspectives, Challenges and Opportunities. New York: Nova Publishers.

Palmadessa, A. L. (2019) The Cold War community college. In A. L. Palmadessa, Ed., The Cold War: Global Impact and Lessons Learned. New York: Nova Publishers.

Palmadessa, A. L. (2019). Saving democracy or responding to fear?: National expectations for schools in the Cold War, 1946-1991. In A. L. Palmadessa, Ed., The Cold War: Global Impact and Lessons Learned. New York: Nova Publishers.

Articles:

Palmadessa, A. L. (2017). America’s College Promise: Situating President Obama’s initiative in the history of federal access and aid policy. Community College Review, 45(1), 52-70.

Ayers, D. F., & Palmadessa, A. (2015). The community college and a rising global imaginary: An analysis of practical reasoning, 1950-2013. The Journal of Higher Education, 86(6), 864-892.

Palmadessa, A. (2014). Academic capitalism and the social charter between the university and the public. Higher Education in Review, 11, 45-61.

Awards:

Moore Professor, 2018-2019

Alumni Association Outstanding Teaching Award, 2017

Nominee, ASHE Early Career Research Award, 2017

Virginia Clarke Gray Teaching Award, 2016