The American Educational Research Association (AERA) seeks nominations for the 23rd Annual Brown Lecture in Education Research. This public Lecture features important research that advances understanding of issues related to 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 scientific research into account in issuing its landmark ruling. The Lecture will be delivered by a distinguished scholar notable for producing significant research or lines of research related to equality in education. The lecturer receives a $1,000 honorarium.
Members of the education research community are encouraged to submit nominations.
All nominations must include the following:
Nominations can be submitted by e-mail to brownlecture@aera.net.
The Brown Lecture Selection Committee is comprised of the AERA President, President-Elect, Chair of the Social Justice Action Committee (SJAC), Executive Director, Diversity Officer, and two additional SJAC members. The chair of SJAC chairs the selection process.
PAST BROWN LECTURERS
Gary Orfield, University of California, Los Angeles
Vanessa Siddle Walker, Emory University
2009
2020
William F. Tate IV, University of South Carolina
2008
2019
Prudence L. Carter, University of California, Berkeley
2007
2018
H. Richard Milner IV, Vanderbilt University
2006
2017
Alfredo Artiles, Arizona State University
2005
Claude M. Steele, Stanford University
2016
Marta Tienda, Princeton University
2004
Edmund W. Gordon, Teachers College, Columbia University
2015
Teresa L. McCarty, University of California, Los Angeles
2014
James D. Anderson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign