Ndala Gooding Booker, PhD

Dr. Ndala Gooding Booker holds a bachelor's degree in psychology from Southern Adventist University,  and master's and doctoral degrees in education with a concentration in Curriculum Development and Instruction from Tennessee State University.  She discovered her passion for critical thinking when developing her dissertation topic, Decision Making and Critical Thinking among Unwed Adolescent Mothers, and subsequently began teaching Success courses at a local community college in Nashville, Tennessee.

Dr. Booker served as the Data Coordinator for the Quality Enhancement Program (QEP) at Oakwood University in Huntsville, Alabama, where she immersed herself in the imperative of the university to foster “Critical Thinking Development through Writing.” At Oakwood, she also served as the Director for the Center of Academic Success and taught College Success classes. Currently, she is the Director for the Center for Academic Achievement at Adventist University of Health Sciences in Orlando, Florida.

In 2012, along with her husband, Stranley, Dr. Booker developed Changing Spaces, an academic success program geared towards helping students acquire the skills necessary to effectively function in their academic environment, especially in the face of the new era of social media. Her desire is to help students better understand themselves, communicate more effectively, and learn to think critically about their goals and their future. The program has expanded to include a large segment on critical thinking in the workplace. Changing Spaces’ motto is “Change your space. If we each work on changing our own space then we can change the world.” More broadly, Dr. Booker is dedicated to helping individuals achieve success both in academia and the business world, as they learn to manage their space through the art of critical thinking.

Dr. Booker has lectured and presented seminars/workshops for students, faculty, and staff both nationally an

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