For Immediate Release October 26, 2022
Contact: Tony Pals, tpals@aera.net (202) 238-3235
Marla Koenigsknecht, mkoenigsknecht@aera.net (202) 238-3233
** Media Advisory** John B. Diamond to Reimagine Brown v. Board of Education’s Legacy in 2022 AERA Brown Lecture
Discussion Forum and Audience Q&A Will Immediately Follow Lecture
Washington, October 26, 2022—In his 2022 AERA Brown Lecture in Educational Research talk on November 3, John B. Diamond, professor of sociology and education policy at Brown University, will highlight how white supremacy is deeply embedded in U.S. educational organizations and the way opportunity hoarding helps sustain it.
Diamond is a leading scholar in the study of race in education and how it shapes instruction and learning in U.S. schools and school systems. His research focuses on the relationship between social inequality and educational opportunity, examining how leadership, policies, and practices shape students' educational opportunities and outcomes.
Taking the recent attacks against critical race theory as a backdrop, Diamond will argue that schools not only contribute to educational inequity but are race-making institutions that socialize people into relations of racial domination and subordination through institutional practices and individual actions.
Diamond’s lecture will be followed by a discussion forum and audience Q&A. Diamond will be joined by moderator Alia Wong (USA Today) and commentators Akilah Alleyne (Center for American Progress) and Michelle Molitor (The Equity Lab).
Who: Lecturer: John B. Diamond, Professor of Sociology and Education Policy, Brown University
Moderator: Alia Wong, Inequities in Education Reporter, USA Today
Commentators: Akilah Alleyne, Director and team lead for K-12 Education Policy, Center for American Progress Michelle Molitor, Executive Director, The Equity Lab
What: 2022 Brown Lecture in Educational Research. Diamond’s lecture is titled “Defending the Color Line: White Supremacy, Opportunity Hoarding, and the Legacy of Brown”
When: Thursday, November 3, 2022, from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. ET.
Where: The event will broadcast on Zoom. To register at no cost, visit https://aera.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_YekftZoyTfeIl4_F3LfZmg
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