Rachel Boit

Rachel Boit is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Her work focuses on empowering refugee families and fostering children’s literacy development in multicultural settings.

Education:

• EdD, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
• M.Ed in Child Study and Early Education, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
• B.Ed in Early Childhood Education, Kenyatta University

Research Interests: Dr. Boit’s research emphasizes community-engaged strategies to support multilingual classrooms and cross-cultural literacy development. She prioritizes collaborative approaches with families and educators to strengthen parent-teacher partnerships, particularly in contexts serving newly arrived refugee communities.

Advising & Methodologies: Mentors students interested in mixed-methods research and community collaborations. Focuses on practical strategies for ethnic and linguistic minority groups in educational settings.