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Dr. Jessica DeCuir-Gunby, University of Southern California

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Previously, she served as department head of the Department of Teacher Education and Learning Sciences at NC State University. DeCuir-Gunby is a fellow of the American Educational Research Association and the American Psychological Association (APA). She currently serves as president of APA Division 15 (Educational Psychology).

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From Small-Town Roots to National Honor: SC Native Receives State's Highest Award

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Moore is also the assistant director of the Directorate for STEM Education at the National Science Foundation. billion and nearly 200 employees, he helps to leads the largest federal entity dedicated to funding educational research. With a budget of approximately $1.8

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They Don’t Really Care About Us? Ensuring a Better Connection Between Research, Policy, and Practice to Ensure Success for Black Men in Higher Education

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Collectively, as researchers, we have about 50 or more years of experience conducting empirical studies on Black men attending diverse institutional types, ranging from predominantly White institutions, community colleges, and historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs).

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Dr. Maisha T. Winn, Stanford University

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Winn is the Excellence in Learning Graduate School of Education Professor and Faculty Director of the Stanford Accelerator for Learning's Equity in Learning Initiative. She is also the President-Elect of the American Educational Research Association (AERA). She is the Principal Investigator for the Futuring for Equity Lab.

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University of Utah Prison Education Project Admits First Cohort

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It is never a given that academic research will translate directly and impactfully to the transformation of our local communities,” said Laanan. But Dr. Erin Castro’s dedication to UPEP over the last eight years is a shining example of scholarship with real societal impact.”

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Dr. Jessica T. DeCuir-Gunby Selected to Lead USC Race and Equity Center

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DeCuir-Gunby has published four books, including Race and Ethnicity in the Study of Motivation in Education [Routledge, 2016] and Understanding Critical Race Research Methods and Methodologies [Routledge, 2019]. Her research has been cited in more than 9,000 published studies.

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How to Address the Dearth in Black Male Teachers

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Before Alabama A&M, she was a science education research assistant doing research on improving science education for urban students, particularly those of African descent, according to her faculty bio.