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The Transformative Justice in Education Center welcomes Professor H. Richard Milner, IV, Director for the Center of Urban Education and the Helen Faison Chair in Urban Education at the University of Pittsburgh, and author of Start Where You Are But Don't Stay There: Understanding Diversity, Opportunity Gaps, and Teaching in Today's Classroom (2010), to campus.
H. Richard Milner, IV is currently the Cornelius Vanderbilt Endowed Chair of Education and Professor of Education in the Department of Teaching and Learning at Peabody College of Vanderbilt University. His research, teaching and policy interests concern urban education, teacher education, African American literature and the social context of education. In particular, his research examines practices and policies that support teacher effectiveness in urban schools.
Professor Milner’s work has appeared in numerous journals, and he has published seven books. His most recent book published in 2018 is coauthored, “These Kids Are Out of Control”: Why We Must Reimagine “Classroom Management” for Equity.
In 2017, Professor Milner became the founding Series Editor of the Harvard Education Press Series on Race and Education. His work has been cited or featured in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Cincinnati Enquirer, the Atlantic, the Philadelphia Inquirer, Huffington Post, National Public Radio (NPR), National Education Association Today, Educational Leadership and Education Week. Currently, he is Editor-in-Chief of Urban Education and co-editor of the Handbook of Urban Education, published with Routledge Press in 2014.
We hope that you join us for a great evening with Professor Milner.
Registration is required due to limited seating. Register online here.