The Life Of A Scholar, LLC.
The Life Of A Scholar, LLC. is an educational coaching and consulting agency based in North Carolina. Founded in 2015, the firm specializes in graduate student and dissertation coaching and as well as research and evaluation services.
Dr. Callie Womble Edwards - affectionately called Dr. Callie - founded The Life Of A Scholar, LLC. on February 12, 2015, as a way to "pay forward" the extraordinary enrichment opportunities she has benefited from. Dr. Callie is a first-generation college student who earned her Ph.D. at the age of 27 with a 4.0 GPA. She completely funded her undergraduate, graduate, and doctorate degrees with scholarships and grants, leaving her with no student loan debt.
Dr. Callie is an experienced educational researcher and program evaluator. For nearly a decade, she has studied, partnered with, and advocated for historically underrepresented and underserved populations in health, education, and STEM fields, such as women, communities of color, individuals who experience from low-income backgrounds, and those who are the first in their family to graduate from college. She has also served in the areas of assessment, academic coaching, pre-college and new student programs, underrepresented student recruitment and retention, and student wellness. She currently serves as the Acting Director of Program Evaluation and Education Research at the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation, where she provides leadership for highly specialized and multifaceted research programs. She is also an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership, Policy, and Human Development at North Carolina State University (NCSU).
Dr. Callie holds a Ph.D. in Educational Research and Policy Analysis from NCSU and a M.P.H. in Health Behavior from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her dissertation explored the counternarratives of high-achieving Black male engineering majors, and earned the NCSU 2018 Higher Education Dissertation of the Year Award, and an honorable mention from the American Association of Blacks in Higher Education 2019 Dissertation of the Year Award selection committee. You may learn more about Dr. Callie at www.drcallie.com, or contact her via email at drcallie@thelifeofascholar.com.
Experienced. Credentialed. Supportive.