Prudence Carter
Born
Mississippi, USA
NationalityAmerican
Occupations
Title
AwardsThe Berkeley Citation
Academic background
Education
Academic work
DisciplineEducation and Sociology
InstitutionsBrown University

Prudence Carter is an American sociologist. She is a Sarah and Joseph Jr. Dowling Professor of Sociology at Brown University.[1] She has been elected president of the American Sociological Association with effect from 2023.[2]

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.[3][1] She is a fellow of the American Educational Research Association, an elected member of the National Academy of Education,[4][5] and is currently Sarah and Joseph, Jr. Dowling Professor of Sociology at Brown University.[6]

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.[7]

Career

Carter was an assistant professor in the department of sociology at Harvard University.[8] She served on the faculty at Stanford University from 2007 to 2016.[9] Carter also served as the Faculty Director of John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities,[10][11] and the Director of the Research Institute for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity.[12] 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.[13] Before stepping down as the UC Berkeley GSE dean on July 31, 2021, she was awarded The Berkeley Citation.[14][15]

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

References

  1. 1 2 GSE Dean Prudence L. Carter receives the Berkeley Citation, retrieved 2021-08-19
  2. ↑ "Prudence Carter Elected 114th ASA President; Mignon Moore Voted Vice President". American Sociological Association. 2021-06-04. Retrieved 2021-08-20.
  3. ↑ "Former Dean Awarded The Berkeley Citation | Graduate School of Education". gse.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
  4. ↑ "Prudence Carter". National Academy of Education. Retrieved 2021-08-20.
  5. ↑ "Our Members". National Academy of Education. Retrieved 2021-08-21.
  6. ↑ "Professor Prudence Carter to Join Brown University's Department of Sociology July 1, 2021". Sociology | Brown University. 2021-05-17. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
  7. ↑ "Prudence Carter's CV" (PDF). UC Berkeley Graduate School of Education. 2017-06-15. Retrieved 2021-07-30.
  8. ↑ Williams, Joseph (2015-12-21). "Prudence Carter Appointed Dean of the Graduate School of Education at Berkeley". The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
  9. ↑ "Stanford's Prudence Carter named dean of U.C. Berkeley's Graduate School of Education | The Dish". news.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2021-07-30.
  10. ↑ "John Gardner Center for Youth and their communities". gardnercenter.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2021-07-30.
  11. ↑ "New faculty director at Gardner Center". Stanford Graduate School of Education. 2013-07-08. Retrieved 2021-07-30.
  12. ↑ "Center for Comparative Studies in Race & Ethnicity". ccsre.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2021-07-30.
  13. ↑ "Dean Carter to Step Down | Graduate School of Education". gse.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2021-07-30.
  14. ↑ "Dean Prudence L. Carter Awarded The Berkeley Citation | Graduate School of Education". gse.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2021-07-30.
  15. ↑ "Berkeley Citation | Berkeley Awards". awards.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2021-07-30.
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