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AERA Announces 2024 Fellows

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Jackson, a professor and dean of the Michigan State University (MSU) College of Education, is among 24 exemplary scholars selected by the American Educational Research Association. Their meaningful contributions to the education research field demonstrate the highest standards of academic excellence.

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Research Course on African Americans in Education Held Ahead of AERA Conference

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Nearly 50 early career scholars and advanced graduate students from across the nation gathered in Chicago on Wednesday, ahead of the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) to explore questions and methods related to the experiences of African Americans in education. The 13th Asa G.

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Report Provides Frank Data on Black PhD Holders in STEM Fields

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It goes back to the support that they have,” said Dr. Erin Dunlop Velez, director of educational research at RTI International and one of the report’s authors. If you’re going to a public flagship, you’re probably getting a tuition waiver and some kind of stipend because you’re teaching or doing research,” said Velez.

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How to Address the Dearth in Black Male Teachers

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Her research focuses on the experiences of African American men on the teacher education pathway, such as their day-to-day lives while training, their feelings and perspectives, and their motivations in wanting to teach. Once we received funding from the state, I was able to collaboratively develop the program,” Strachan said.

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Community-Engaged Scholar Dr. DeLeon Gray Believes in the Value of Hyperlocal Work

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At Black and Belonging, Gray co-constructs initiatives with students that show the world how to affirm them and show their teachers how to teach them. I knew that at a research university, research could get students in doors that their grades and test scores could not,” says Gray. It’s scholarship in a different form.”

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A Race Scholar

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Lewis, the Carol Grotnes Belk Distinguished Professor of Urban Education and the executive director of The Urban Education Collaborative at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. “He That’s where he learned how to perfect his teaching. So, I was like, ‘whose doing this research? Geneva Gay and James A.

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Research in Action: Dr. Jerlando F. L. Jackson

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Falling in love with the work of the professoriate While becoming a dean of a college of education was an early aspiration, that career trajectory took a detour once Jackson joined the faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison some 22 years ago. “I It was like, ‘Who was hiding this from everyone?'” I gave up. Dr. Jerlando F.

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