Annual Brown Lecture in Education Research
 
 


Elise Boddie, James V. Campbell Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School, will deliver the 2024 Brown Lecture in Education Research on October 24. Her lecture, titled “Brown v. Board of Education and the Democratic Ideals, will take place on Thursday, October 24, 6:30 p.m. ET, at Howard University in Washington, D.C., and will be livestreamed. The event is free and open to the public. Registration is open now for the in-person event or livestream.

This year marks the 70th anniversary of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision. In 2004, AERA inaugurated the Annual Brown Lecture in Education Research to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court taking sustained and significant research into account in its ruling. Each year, AERA elevates a scholar notable for undertaking such work. For 20 years, distinguished scholars have delivered the Brown Lecture, examining educational equality and equity and the complicated legacy of Brown.

The following resources provide insight and reflection from some of the most accomplished scholars across the field of education research. We encourage you to explore and widely share these resources.


2023

Otherwise Qualified: The Untold Story of Brown and Black Educators' Professional Superiority
Leslie T. Fenwick, Howard University and AACTE

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2022

Defending the Color Line: White Supremacy, Opportunity Hoarding, and the Legacy of Brown
John B. Diamond, Brown University

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2021

Still Climbing the Hill: Intersectional Reflections on Brown and Beyond
Lori Patton Davis, The Ohio State University

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2020

The Segregation Pandemic: Brown as Treatment or Placebo?
William F. Tate IV, University of South Carolina

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2019

‘A Shade Less Offensive’: School Integration as Radical Inclusion in the Pursuit of Educational Equity
Prudence L. Carter, University of California, Berkeley

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2018

Disrupting Punitive Practices and Policies: Rac(e)ing Back to Teaching, Teacher Preparation, and Brown
H. Richard Milner IV, Vanderbilt University

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2017

Re-envisioning Equity Research: Disability Identification Disparities as a Case in Point
Alfredo J. Artiles, Arizona State University

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2016

Public Education and the Social Contract: Restoring the Promise in an Age of Diversity and Division
Marta Tienda, Princeton University

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2015

So That Any Child May Succeed—Indigenous Pathways Toward Justice and Promise of Brown
Teresa L. McCarty, University of California—Los Angeles

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2014

A Long Shadow: The American Pursuit of Political Justice and Education Equality
James D. Anderson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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2013 AERA Brown Lecture

2013

A New Civil Rights Agenda for American Education: Creating Opportunity in a Stratified Multiracial Nation
Gary Orfield, UCLA

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2012 AERA Brown Lecture

2012

Original Intent: Black Educators in an Elusive Quest for Justice
Vanessa Siddle Walker, Emory University

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2011 AERA Brown Lecture

2011

Through a Glass Darkly: The Persistence of Race in Education Research
Gloria J. Ladson-Billings, University of Wisconsin-Madison

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2010 AERA Brown Lecture

2010

Educating Language Minority Students and Affirming Their Equal Rights: Research and Practical Perspectives
Kenji Hakuta, 
Stanford University

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2009 AERA Brown Lecture

2009

Mobilizing Culture, Language, and Educational Practices: Fulfilling the Promises of Mendez and Brown
Luis C. Moll, University of Arizona

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2008 AERA Brown Lecture

2008

The Brown Legacy and the O’Connor Challenge: Transforming Schools in the Images of Children’s Potential
Stephen W. Raudenbush, University of Chicago

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2007 AERA Brown Lecture

2007

Lessons Learned and Opportunities Ignored since Brown v. Board of Education: Youth Development and the Myth of a Colorblind Society 
Margaret Beale Spencer, University of Pennsylvania

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2006 AERA Brown Lecture

2006

The Flat Earth and Education: How America's Commitment to Equity Will Determine Our Future
Linda Darling-Hammond, Learning Policy Institute

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2005 AERA Brown Lecture

2005

Contingencies of Identity and Schooling in a Diverse Society: Toward Reducing Inequality of Outcomes 
Claude M. Steele, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences

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2004 AERA Brown Lecture

2004

Education, Excellence and Equity: Toward Equitable Access to Excellence in Education  
Edmund W. Gordon, Teachers College

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