Pamela Tolbert-Bynum Rivers
Founder and President
Unspecified College
Dr. Pamela Tolbert-Bynum Rivers is founder and president of Steps Beyond Remediation, Inc., a 501(c)3 organization that supports adult students whose access to and success in college has been hindered by placement into developmental education, and is Associate Professor of English at Naugatuck Valley Community College (CT). Dr. Rivers received her doctorate from Teachers College, Columbia University, in Adult Learning and Leadership. She also possesses a Bachelor of Arts in English from Brown University, a Master of Arts in Biblical Studies from Regent University, and a Master of Education in English from Mississippi College. Her research interests are nontraditional adult students of color and low-income adult learners' college persistence rates, postsecondary education access, and postsecondary success factors for marginalized students.
