Prudence Carter
American sociologist
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Prudence Carter is an American sociologist. She is a Sarah and Joseph Jr. Dowling Professor of Sociology at Brown University.[1] She was the 114th president of the American Sociological Association from 2023 to 2024.[2][3]
- Sarah and Joseph, Jr. Dowling Professor
- 114th President of the American Sociological Association
- Member of National Academy of Education
- Fellow of the American Educational Research Association
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| Born | Mississippi, USA |
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| Awards | The Berkeley Citation |
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| Discipline | Education and Sociology |
| Institutions | Brown University |
Carter previously served as dean of the Graduate School of Education at University of California, Berkeley, where she was awarded The Berkeley Citation in 2021.[4][1] She is a fellow of the American Educational Research Association, an elected member of the National Academy of Education,[5][6] and is currently Sarah and Joseph Jr. Dowling Professor of Sociology at Brown University.[7]
Education
Carter has a bachelor's degree in economics and applied mathematics from Brown University, an MA in education and sociology from Teachers College, Columbia University, and an MPhil and PhD in sociology from Columbia University.[8]
Career
Carter was an assistant professor in the department of sociology at Harvard University.[9] She served on the faculty at Stanford University from 2007 to 2016.[10] Carter also served as the Faculty Director of John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities,[11][12] and the Director of the Research Institute for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity.[13] From 2016 to 2021, she was Dean of the Graduate School of Education and E.H. and Mary E. Pardee Professor at the University of California at Berkeley.[14] Before stepping down as the UC Berkeley GSE dean on July 31, 2021, she was awarded The Berkeley Citation.[15][16]
Books
- Keepin’ It Real: School Success beyond Black and White (2005) Oxford University Press ISBN 978-0-19532-523-2
- Stubborn Roots: Race, Culture, and Inequality in U.S. & South African Schools (2012) Oxford University Press ISBN 978-0-19989-965-4
- Co-editor with Kevin G. Welner of Closing the Opportunity Gap: What America Must Do to Give Every Child an Even Chance (2013) Oxford University Press ISBN 978-0-19998-299-8