Historian, Equity Practitioner, & Educator
Helping outsiders make history.
Awaken the potential of your community.
I work at the intersection of education, administration, and social justice to empower students, faculty, and staff to build a brighter future.
Get my new book, A Just Future.
Getting from Diversity and Inclusion to Equity and Justice in Higher Education.
Cultivate an inclusive climate rooted in ethics, care, and justice.
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Workshops + Trainings
Navigating the complexities of identity within the world of secondary and higher education is challenging. These skill-building workshops equip you with the necessary tools to explore the impact of identity, privilege, and power in the classroom, in the workplace, and beyond.
Private Consulting
Whether you’re an education non-profit, a high school, or a university, I’ll work with you to design strategies and develop solutions that will help you better serve the needs of marginalized students, staff, and faculty.
Lectures + Keynotes
As a trained professional historian and experienced diversity practitioner, I deliver lectures on everything from inclusive pedagogy, college access and success programs, and the state of American higher education to gender, sexuality, and migration in our contemporary world.
Get my award-winning book, Reproductive Citizens.
Analyzing inclusive social legislation, an expansive welfare apparatus, familialist employer policies, and populationist state and social practices in Third Republican France, Reproductive Citizens reveals how traditional outsiders to the nation-state – including women, immigrants, and colonial subjects – secure the social rights of citizenship and belonging within the national community.
“Dr. Barton is a masterful speaker who challenges her audience to confront issues about diversity, identity, and perceptions.”
—Dr. Theresa Capra, Professor of Education, Mercer County Community College
On my bookshelf
Last month, I read Lisa See’s Lady Tan’s Circle of Women, a story of a 15th century Chinese female doctor who helps other women with their medical ailments. Seemed apropos given my recent experiences!
This November, I’m digging in to William Kent Krueger’s The River We Remember. Hopefully, I’ll also be able to squeeze in Rachel Somerstein’s Invisible Labor: The Untold Story of the Cesarean Section. Again, apropos.