Dr. Doran Gresham is a career educator with experience as a special educator, grassroots worker, mentor and school administrator. He taught special education at the elementary and high school levels in Virginia, Maryland and DC​ and is an adjunct professor at La Salle University. Doran currently teaches graduate courses in Universal Design for Learning and Differentiated Instruction for the Regional Training Center.

Outside of the classroom, Doran has worked with the DC Teaching Fellows Program as the secondary special education project director and he also served as the Director of Instruction for CaseNEX, a professional development firm. As a founding board member of Achievement Preparatory Academy Public Charter School, Doran was the chairman of the academic performance and accountability committee and he was a member of the governance committee.

In 2004, 100 Black Men of Greater Washington, DC honored Doran as the Elliott Hair Man of the Year and in 2008 he was a Mentoring Organization of the Year finalist for his work with Guerilla Arts Ink & 100 Black Men, Inc. Currently, he is the co-founder of www.whythesunrises.com, which is an international initiative to showcase the faces and stories of women in education.

Doran completed his doctoral studies in Special Education and Emotional Disturbance at The George Washington University, where he was a Holmes Scholar and a member of Phi Delta Kappa. His dissertation research focused on general educators' perceptions of the overrepresentation of elementary-aged black males in classrooms for students with emotional disturbance. He also holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from The University of Virginia and a Master’s degree in Emotional Disturbance and Learning Disabilities, K-12 from The College of William & Mary.

Doran is proud to serve DCPS as a 6th year Master Educator for Special Education.