Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5135
Fax: (626) 815-5416
Email: tbond@apu.edu
Personal Home Page: http://home.apu.edu/~tbond/
Torria Bond, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Teacher Education
School of Education
Profile
Torria Bond’s fundamental interest is factors that influence the success of African American students in the public school urban setting. Bond’s doctoral study has found that personal relationships with students, as well as instructional expertise, are essential to their success. As the lead faculty member for the introduction to teaching as a profession and foundations of education, Bond provides interactive program modeling methods that appeal to the ethnically and linguistically diverse students that make up California’s secondary public school students.
Education
Ph.D. - Urban Educational Leadership, Claremont Graduate University
M.S. - School Administration, California Lutheran University
M.A - Counseling and Guidance, California Lutheran University
M.S. - School Administration, California Lutheran University
M.A - Counseling and Guidance, California Lutheran University
Expertise
African American students
Diversity in education
Note: This information is current for the 2007-08 academic year. For additional information, please contact the appropriate office.
