L. Andrea Brownlee, PhD
Bio
L. Andrea Brownlee, PhD is an educator with over two decades of teaching and administrative experience in universities, community colleges and K-12 schools. Before becoming an educator, he was a civil engineer and he worked for almost 8 years designing and building infrastructure projects and systems. Currently, a faculty member in the Maricopa County Community College District, he teaches courses in Education Studies, Applied Technology, and Cultural Studies. He is an adjunct faculty member at Arizona State University and teaches courses in African American studies and Ethnic studies.
Dr. Brownlee has attended and graduated from all three Arizona state schools and earned his doctorate from the University of Arizona. For his work promoting equity in education and building community, he earned the Martin Luther King Jr. Social Justice Award from Edinboro University in Pennsylvania and the Diversity Advisory Council Award from Estrella Mountain Community College. He sits on the Education Committee for the Diverse Leadership Alliance, and he is a member of the Association for Career Technical Education of Arizona where he has presented his work in supporting Black students in community college over the last four years.