Ridley Lecture 2016 - The Stubborn Roots of Educational Inequality

The 2016 Walter N. Ridley Lecture
The Stubborn Roots of Educational Inequality: Race, Class, and Organizational Culture in U.S. Schools.
by Prudence Carter, Ph.D.
Jacks Family Professor of Education
Stanford University

Prudence L. Carter is the Jacks Family Professor of Education, Professor of Sociology (by courtesy), and Faculty Director of the John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities at Stanford University. 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) and of Stubborn Roots: Race, Culture, and Inequality in U.S. and South African Schools (2012). She co-edited Closing the Opportunity Gap: What America Must Do to Give Every Child an Even Chance and has authored numerous journal articles, book chapters, and essays. Carter holds a Ph.D. and an M.Phil. in sociology from Columbia University, an M.A. in sociology and education from Teachers College, Columbia University, and a B.S. in applied mathematics and economics from Brown University. In June 2016, Carter will become Dean of the Graduate School of Education at the University of California, Berkeley.

Inequality