Associate Professor, Department of Curriculum, Instruction and Special Education
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Shirley Bowles, Ed.D. Office: SSC 135 E-mail: shirley.bowles@usm.edu |
| TEACHING AREAS | Curriculum and Instruction, School Counseling, Leadership and Research |
| EDUCATION | M.Ed., Administration & Supervision, University of Southern Mississippi, 1989 M.Ed., Guidance & Counseling, University of Southern Mississippi, 1979 M.Ed., Secondary Education History, University of Southern Mississippi, 1975 B.S., Secondary Education Social Science, Mississippi Valley State University |
| RESEARCH | Diversity/Multicultural, Education/Counseling |
| HONORS | 2004, The University of Kentucky, Office of Minority Affairs for Services Rendered with F.L.O.W. 2003, Outstanding Zeta Award (Leadership and Finer Womanhood), New Orleans, Louisiana 2002, MSERA participant, Chattanooga, Tennessee 1998, Rust College, Holly Springs, MS 1997, National Council of Negro Women, Gulfport, MS 1997, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated: Atlanta, GA; Washington, DC; Jackson, MS; Shreveport. LA; Daytona Beach, FL. 1996, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated, Dallas, Texas 1996, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated, Biloxi, Mississippi 199, Zeta Psi Zeta Chapter, Clarksdale, Mississippi 1994, Long Beach Rotary Club, Long Beach, Mississippi 1994, Rust College Gulf Coast Alumni Association, Biloxi, Mississippi 1994, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Incorporated, Orlando, Florida 1994, Amicae (Friends) of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Jackson, Mississippi 1994, Delta Theta Zeta Chapter, Mobile, Alabama 1994, Keesler AFB Black Heritage Organization, Keesler, Mississippi 1993, Alpha Delta Zeta Chapter, Jackson, Mississippi 1992, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated, Charlotte, North Carolina 1991, National Council of Negro Women, Gulfport, Mississippi 1990, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated, Washington, DC 1990, Gulfport School District Athletic Department, Gulfport, Mississippi 1990, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated, Washington, D.C. 1984, Phi Delta Kappa 1968, B.S., Magna cum laude, Mississippi Valley State University |










