Dr. Bernadette Beavers-Forrest - Consultant
Bernadette Beavers-Forrest is a freelance instructional designer and adjunct Assistant Professor in the Instructional Technology program at the University of Alabama. She holds a Ph.D. in Instructional Leadership with a concentration in Instructional Technology from the University of Alabama. She also holds a B.S. in Counseling and M.S. Ed. in Instructional Design and Technology from Samford University. She has also completed the Quality Matters Online Teaching Certificate. She is the founder of Bernadette Forrest Solutions, an educational consulting organization.
Bernadette’s research addresses mindfulness as a holistic approach to wellness, online teaching and learning, technology integration, and technology leadership. As a scholar, she has co-authored several publications and presented her research on using mindfulness to create a balance between living, working, and learning, Cohort experiences in a hybrid PHD instructional technology program, and social justice and the digital divide among underrepresented African Americans in STEM careers.
She is actively involved in the CLT/eMerge Africa IRCEES project, where she is engaged in cross-cultural research as a member of the Open, Distance, and eLearning (ODeL) research and mentoring group. In addition, she is co-authoring Culture, learning, and technology, and the promise of diversity, equity, and inclusion; Leading AECT into a more inclusive future (Book Chapter for Association for Educational Communications, Technology (AECT)).
Bernadette mentors service men and women in their transition from the armed services to private enterprise through American Corporate Partners’ Mentoring Program (ACP). In addition, she enjoys working with colleagues who share her commitment to promoting equity, inclusion, and social change in and through the study and practice of instructional design and technology.
Bernadette past leadership roles in human recourses have afforded her great opportunities to work and partner with people from various racial, social, gender, and economic backgrounds in the retail, law, healthcare, and academic environments.
Bernadette is married with three children and an avid golfer who enjoys international traveling, reading, and gardening.