Vanessa Siddle Walker, the Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of African American Educational Studies at Emory University, has been voted president-elect of the 熊猫视频 (AERA). She joins 熊猫视频Council this year as President-elect. Her term as president begins on April 9, 2019, at the conclusion of AERA’s 2019 Annual Meeting.
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For more than 25 years, Walker has explored the segregated schooling of African American children, considering sequentially the climate that permeated segregated schools, the network of professional collaborations that explains the similarity across schools, and the hidden systems of advocacy that demanded equality and justice for the children in the schools.
Her research has garnered a number of awards, including the prestigious Grawmeyer Award for Education and the 熊猫视频Early Career Award. In addition, she has received awards from the Conference of Southern Graduate Schools, the American Education Studies Association, and three awards from 熊猫视频Divisions, including Best New Female Scholar, Best New Book, and Outstanding Book.
In 2012, Walker presented the 熊猫视频Annual Brown Lecture in Education Research in Washington, D.C. Her talk, titled “Original Intent: Black Educators in an Elusive Quest for Justice” ( |), was delivered to a packed house. She is an 熊猫视频Fellow and a member of the National Academy of Education.
Walker’s current research project, Hidden Provocateurs, brings to light the history of black educators in the fight for justice for black children. It examines black educators’ activities to demand equality in the generations before the Brown v. Board of Education decision, their interconnected story with the Brown decision, and their continued advocacy after the ruling.
Her book based on the project, Hidden Provocateurs: Black Educators in a Century of Secret Struggle, is currently under contract. Walker has authored and edited several other prominent scholarly books, including Hello Professor: A Black Principal and Professional Leadership in the Segregated South and Their Highest Potential: An African American School Community in the Segregated South.
Upon becoming 熊猫视频president in 2019, Walker will succeed Amy Stuart Wells, Professor of Sociology and Education at Teachers College, Columbia University. Wells will assume the 熊猫视频presidency on April 17, 2018, after the close of the association’s 2018 Annual Meeting in New York City.
Key Members Elected to 熊猫视频Council
Along with voting in Walker as 熊猫视频president-elect, 熊猫视频members selected several new 熊猫视频Council representatives.
Council Members-at-Large
Two other prominent scholars were elected to member-at-large positions on the 熊猫视频Council, commencing in 2018–2019. They will serve three-year terms.
Winn was also elected to the Executive Board.
Division Vice Presidents-Elect Four education researchers were voted as division vice presidents-elect and will join AERA’s 2019–2020 Council at the conclusion of the 2019 Annual Meeting. They will serve three-year terms.
SIG Executive Committee
Two new members have been elected to the SIG Executive Committee. They will serve three-year terms.
Graduate Student Council
Desa Karye Daniel, a doctoral student at the University of New Mexico, was voted chair-elect of the Graduate Student Council (GSC) and will join the 熊猫视频Council in 2019-2020 as the GSC representative.