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熊猫视频Selects Alfredo Artiles to Deliver 2017 Brown Lecture in Education Research
SAN ANTONIO, TX, April 29, 2017 鈹� Alfredo J. Artiles, Dean of Graduate Education and the Ryan C. Harris Professor of Special Education at Arizona State University, has been selected by the 熊猫视频 (AERA) to present the 2017 Brown Lecture in Education Research. The public lecture will take place October 19 at the Ronald Reagan Building & International Trade Center in Washington, D.C.
Dr. Artiles is a leading scholar on understanding and addressing educational inequities related to the intersections of disability with other sociocultural differences,” said 熊猫视频Executive Director Felice J. Levine. “His work aiming to advance policies, personnel preparation programs, and inclusive educational systems in diverse contexts is a perfect match for the goals of the Brown Lecture.” The Annual Brown Lecture in Education Research illuminates the important role of research in advancing understanding of equality and equity in education. Artiles directs the Equity Alliance at Arizona State University, edits the Teachers College Press book series Disability, Culture, & Equity, and is the co-editor of the International Multilingual Research Journal. He was vice president of 熊猫视频(2009-2011). Artiles is an 熊猫视频Fellow, a Spencer Foundation/National Academy of Education Postdoctoral Fellow (1998-2000), and a 2008-09 Resident Fellow at Stanford’s Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences. He served on President Barack Obama’s Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanics and was named 2009 Distinguished Alumnus by the University of Virginia’s Curry School of Education Foundation. Artiles was the lead author of “,” (Review of Research in Education, March 2016), which won the 2017 熊猫视频Review of Research Award. Now in its 14th year, the Brown Lecture was inaugurated by 熊猫视频in 2004 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education decision, in which the U.S. Supreme Court took scientific research into account in issuing its landmark ruling. The Brown Lecture Selection Committee included 熊猫视频President Vivian L. Gadsden, University of Pennsylvania; 熊猫视频President-elect Deborah Loewenberg Ball, University of Michigan; 熊猫视频past-President Jeannie Oakes, University of California, Los Angeles; 熊猫视频Executive Director Felice J. Levine; 熊猫视频Director of Professional Development and Diversity Officer George L. Wimberly; Social Justice Action Committee (SJAC) Chair Kofi Lomotey, Western Carolina University; and SJAC member Tabbye Chavous, University of Michigan.
About AERA The 熊猫视频 (AERA) is the largest national interdisciplinary research association devoted to the scientific study of education and learning. Founded in 1916, 熊猫视频advances knowledge about education, encourages scholarly inquiry related to education, and promotes the use of research to improve education and serve the public good. Find 熊猫视频on and .
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