Breeanna
Elliott


Breeanna is a Massachusetts history teacher who currently works as the outreach specialist at Boston University’s African Studies Center. She is an educator with a global focus whose work meets at the crossroads of equity in educational opportunities and African studies. Elliott has taught internationally and domestically, and she advocates for rigorous, interdisciplinary education approaches as a means to encourage intercommunal understanding, empathy and global citizenship. She has spent much of her adult life traveling in East Africa and working in African studies.

Articles by Breeanna

Repositioning Africa’s Place in the Classroom

This educator discusses the pedagogical frameworks and the educational tools for challenging common misconceptions about the African continent.