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Moya Malcolm Postdoctoral Fellow SOE Faculty

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Moya Malcolm
SOE | Online Partner Programs (OLP)
4801 Massachusetts Avenue NW 448
Bio
Moya Malcolm (she, her) has over 15 years of experience serving ethnically diverse middle and high school students and families in the Washington, DC, area. During these years, Moya worked as a middle school counselor in Montgomery County, MD, before transitioning to the University of Maryland (UMD) where she worked with Pre-College Programs (Upward Bound) and College Park Scholars.
Moya earned her Master of Education in school counseling from UMD and a Bachelor of Science in psychology from Howard University in Washington, DC. She earned her Ph.D. in student affairs/higher education from UMD. Her research interests include antiracist and social justice school counseling, college access for low-income/first-generation students, immigrant youth, and students of color; school–community–university partnerships that strengthen K–16 pathways; and supporting minoritized students in higher education through asset-based programming.
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Teaching

Summer 2025

  • EDU-630 Hist/Soc/Pol Fndtn US Edu Sys

Fall 2025

  • CORE-102 Encounter AU

  • EDU-205 Schools and Society