Deirdra Preis

Deirdra Preis, Ed.D., is honored to serve the Sacred Heart University community as an Inclusive Excellence Fellow. She has worked as an Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership at Sacred Heart University since 2019, teaching courses in transformative leadership and social justice in her department’s 092 certification, 6th year, and doctoral programs. A retired K-12 educator, she served for over 33 years in various CT public schools in both teaching and administrative roles. Dr. Preis is a K-12 consultant who provides professional development to teachers and administrators and supports their efforts to address systemic barriers to opportunity for their students; she also enjoys training and supporting youth social justice activists. Dr. Preis’s main research focus is the preparation of school leaders who will work to ensure equitable educational access for all students and meet the needs of our schools’ increasingly diverse student and family populations. She earned her doctorate in educational leadership from Northeastern University, and has presented her work at Oxford, Harvard, and other K-12 and higher education institutions in the U.S. and abroad.