Rate My Professor Candace Thompson

Thompson's career at UNCW has progressed from Assistant Professor to Associate Professor, with additional leadership roles including Interim Associate Dean of Engagement, Professional Learning, and Scholarship. Her research output includes peer-reviewed articles and books, such as 'Degree Progress of Women Doctoral Students: Factors that Constrain, Facilitate, and Differentiate' (2004, The Review of Higher Education), 'Flying the Plane While We Build It: A Case Study of an Early College High School' (2011, The High School Journal), 'Teaching in the Borderland: Critical Practices in Foundations Courses' (2012, Teaching Education), 'More Mirrors in the Classroom: Using Urban Children’s Literature to Increase Literacy' (2016, Bloomsbury Publishing), 'To Virgo or Not to Virgo: Examining the Closure and Reopening of a Neighborhood School in a Predominantly African American Community' (2014, Equity & Excellence in Education), and 'Motherscholaring: A Collective Poetic Autoethnographic Inquiry' (2023, International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education). She has also contributed to discussions on professional development schools, including a 2025 publication in PDS Partners on UNCW's partnership with Isaac Bear Early College and Southeast Area Technical High School. Her work has influenced teacher education practices emphasizing urban contexts and social justice.