About the Annual Brown Lecture in Education Research 

The Annual Brown Lecture in Education Research is designed to feature the important role of research in advancing understanding of equality and equity in education. The Lectureship was inaugurated in 2004 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education decision, in which the U.S. Supreme Court took into account scientific research in issuing this landmark ruling. Each year a distinguished scholar notable for producing significant research related to equality in education is invited to give a public lecture in Washington, D.C.

Eighth Annual Brown Lecture in Education Research

Gloria J. Ladson-Billings
Kellner Family Chair in Urban Education
University of Wisconsin-Madison

Thursday, October 27, 2011 

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Educational Researcher Vol 40, Number 6

Nearly 700 individuals filled the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center amphitheater––and overflow seating areas––to hear Gloria J. Ladson-Billings deliver the 8^th Annual Brown Lecture in Education Research on October 27, 2011. Ladson-Billings entitled her address "Through a Glass Darkly: The Persistence of Race in Education Research." She raised fundamental issues about the connections between research and data and issues of social inequality and education in society.

Ladson-Billings is the Kellner Family Chair in Urban Education and Professor of Curriculum and Instruction and Educational Policy Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and former AERA President (2005-2006).

William H. Watkins, who, as chair of AERA’s Social Justice Action Committee (SJAC) also chaired the 2011 Brown Selection Committee, introduced the Lecturer. Other Selection Committee members were Tabbye Chavous and James Earl Davis, SJAC members; Kris D. Gutiérrez, AERA President (now Immediate Past President); Arnetha F. Ball, President Elect (now President); Felice J. Levine, AERA Executive Director; and George L. Wimberly, AERA Director of Social Justice and Professional Development.

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