Ontario S. Wooden

Ontario Wooden is Dean of the University College at North Carolina Central University. He has authored/co-authored more than a dozen publications and has presented at numerous conferences and symposia. He serves on the editorial board for the Journal for the Study of Sports and Athletes in Education and the North Carolina Higher Education Research Council. His research interests include urban schooling, teacher preparation, college access and choice, higher education policy and finance, and multiculturalism and diversity in higher education. He holds a doctorate in Higher Education with a minor in African American and African Diaspora studies from Indiana University Bloomington.