Achieving True Integration in Education
Prudence L. Carter is the Jacks Family Professor of Education and Professor of Sociology (by courtesy) at Stanford University. She is also the faculty director of the John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities. Carter’s research and teaching expertise are in the areas of inequality and the sociology of education, with a particular focus on race, ethnicity, class, gender, culture, and identity. She is the author of the award winning book, Keepin’ It Real: School Success beyond Black and White (2005), Stubborn Roots: Race, Culture, and Inequality in U.S. & South African Schools (2012), and co-editor of Closing the Opportunity Gap: What America Must Do to Give Every Child an Even Chance (all published by Oxford University Press), along with numerous other journal articles, book chapters, and essays.
Carter holds a PhD and MPhil in sociology from Columbia University, an MA in sociology and education from the Teachers College at Columbia University, and a BS in applied mathematics and economics from Brown University. Carter is an elected member of the National Academy of Education and a Fellow of the American Educational Research Association.
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Carter holds a PhD and MPhil in sociology from Columbia University, an MA in sociology and education from the Teachers College at Columbia University, and a BS in applied mathematics and economics from Brown University. Carter is an elected member of the National Academy of Education and a Fellow of the American Educational Research Association.
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