Kevin Michael Foster, Ph.D. - The College of Education - The ...

President,
Association
of
Black
Anthropologists.
(2005‐2006).
Board Member,
Anthropology and Education Quarterly. (2003‐2006).
Board Member,
Council
on
Anthropology
and
Education.
(2003‐2006).
Internal Review Board Member,
International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education. (1999‐
2001).
President,
National
Black
Graduate
Student
Association.
(1997‐1998).
Vice‐President,
National
Black
Graduate
Student
Association.
(1996‐1997).
Founding Convener,
Association
of
Black
Anthropologists
Student
Interest
Group
(1995‐1997).
LOCAL BOARDS AND COMMITTEES
Task Force Member, UT‐Middle School Planning Task Force
(2008‐2009).
Board Member, Harvest Foundation, Austin.
(2007‐2010).
Parent
organization
for
the
African
American
Men
and
Boys
Conferences.
Board Member, Liveable Cities Austin
(2007‐2010).
Board
comprised
of
former
state
legislators,
legislative
staffers,
city
council
members
researchers,
and
other
civic
leaders.
Liveable
Cities
brings
a
range
of
special
interests
into
dialogue
and
advocates
on
behalf
programs
and
policies
in
central
Texas.
Faculty Council Member,
University
of
Texas,
Austin.
(2007‐2009).
Faculty
Council
is
the
faculty
governance
group
that
is
responsible
for
evaluating
all
University
of
Texas
at
Austin
undergraduate
curricular
changes
and
degree
programs.
Middle School Action Planning Team Co‐Leader,
Austin
Independent
School
District
(2008).
Co‐led
a
14
member
group
of
community
members
and
district
personnel
that
met
weekly
over
four
months
to
develop
an
action
plan
for
small
learning
communities
in
all
18
Austin
Independent
School
District
Middle
Schools.
Member, Strategic Planning Committee,
Communities
in
Schools
of
Central
Texas.
(2007‐2008).
Member
of
a
12
member
team
that
met
over
six
months
to
develop
the
3
year
strategic
plan
for
Communities
in
Schools,
a
$1,500,000/year
organization
operating
in
53
central
Texas
schools.
Member, Campus Advisory Committee,
LBJ
High
School,
Austin,
Texas.
(2007‐2009).
The
Campus
Advisory
Committee
assists
the
school
in
coordinating
resources
and
opportunities
to
improve
student
performance.
Member, Facility Use and Boundary Task Force,
Austin
Independent
School
District.
(2007).
Team
developed
the
student
placement
and
attendance
zone
remapping
in
advance
of
the
possible
closure
of
Johnston
High
School
in
AISD.
Founder,
COBRA academic leadership program.
(2006‐present).
Founded
and
directed
the
growth
of
the
program
from
one
chapter
on
the
campus
of
LBJ
High
School
in
Austin,
TX
to
seventeen
chapters
on
campuses
in
two
central
Texas
school
districts.