Rosemarie Allen

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Rosemarie Allen

Professor of Early Childhood Education

Special Education, Early Childhood, and Culturally/Linguistically Diverse Education

Bio

Rosemarie Allen's life's work is centered on ensuring children have access to high quality early childhood programs that are developmentally and culturally relevant. She is currently an Associate Professor in the School of Education at Metro State University of Denver. Her classes are focused on ensuring teachers are aware of how issues of equity, privilege, and power impact teaching practices. Rosemarie has also served as the Director of the Division of Child Care for Colorado Department of Human Services. In that role, she oversaw the State’s child care licensing program, the federal child care assistance program, the redesign of the State’s quality rating and improvement system, the implementation of the State’s professional development plan, and assisted in the creation of Colorado’s early learning guidelines.

Dr. Allen's also serves as the President and CEO for the Institute for Racial Equity & Excellence (IREE), which is the lead agency for ensuring equity in educational practices throughout the nation. In this capacity she has worked with the United States Department of Education as well as 48 State Departments of Education, the United States Customs and Border Protection, Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), Police Officer Standard Training (POST) American Academy of Pediatrics and numerous police departments, school districts and other organizations providing training on implicit bias, microaggressions, anti-racism and racial equity. IREE is contracted with the State of Colorado to monitor and license early childhood facilities using a model she created, “Culturally Responsive Community Based Licensing”.

Rosemarie is a national expert on implicit bias and culturally responsive practices, speaking at conferences across the country. She is a respected keynote speaker, presenting on Implicit Bias, Racial Equity, Inclusive Practices, Culturally Responsive Practices, Cultural Competence, Micro-Aggressions, Disproportionality, Privilege, Power and Intersectionality, etc. She also has the distinct honor of being appointed as a “Global Leader” connecting with world leaders in early childhood across the globe. Rosemarie earned her B. A. from California State University, Long Beach, Master’s of Education from Lesley University and Doctorate in Equity and Leadership in Education at the University of Colorado, Denver.

Degree

EdD in Leadership for Educational Equity

University of Colorado, Denver

Other in Equity Institute

University of Pennsylvania

Other in Curriculum and Instruction

Lesley University

BA in Black Studies/Child Development

California State University, Long Beach

Published Works

Research Interests

Rosemarie’s passion and focus is on addressing inequities at all levels of the early childhood system, especially the disproportionate number of children of color who are expelled from early childhood programs.

Teaching Interests

Equity and Leadership in Early Childhood programs with a focus on social justice and addressing racial disproportionality in suspensions and expulsions in ECE programs.

Office Hours

Wednesday - [010:00 to 02:00]

Additional Information

rosemarieallen.com