Terrelle Sales

Biography

Dr. Terrelle B. Sales has worked in many capacities during his tenure in public education for LAUSD beginning as a Middle School Mathematics teacher, all the way up to serving as a High School Assistant Principal of Mathematics and Science Instruction. He currently works as the Assistant Professor of Teacher Education at Pepperdine University. Dr. Sales works with the Commission on Teacher Credentialing for the state of California serving on the Education Specialist Teacher Performance Assessment Design Team. In the Spring of 2020, Dr. Sales was elected to serve a three year term on the Board of Directors for the California Council on Teacher Education (CCTE) and is also the newly appointed Editor for CCNews.

Dr. Sales’ research interests include education, religion, critical pedagogy, critical theory, critical theology, and theology. His dissertation topic focused on the interconnectivity of theology, education, and critical pedagogy, ultimately leading to what he has deemed the Pedagogy of Jesus Christ. In 2019 he had the privilege of presenting with Dr. Antonia Darder at AERA for the session, “Decolonizing Interpretive Research: A Subaltern Methodology for Social Change.” Dr. Sales is happily married to his beautiful wife Porsha Sales and ecstatically looks forward to spending the rest of his life adoring her. They share the joint calling of foster care and see it as a ministry to help show the love of Christ to children of all ages.

Dr. Sales’ book “An Emancipatory Pedagogy of Jesus: Towards a Decolonizing Epistemology of Education and Theology” was published in June of 2021 by Rowman & Littlefield. Dr. Sales received his BA in Liberal Arts and Teaching Credential from Pepperdine University, his MA of Education in Teacher Leadership from Vanguard University, and his EdD in Educational Leadership for Social Justice from Loyola Marymount University.

Education

• PhD Education in Leadership and Social Justice, Loyola Marymount University, 2017