The Walter N. Ridley Distinguished Annual Lecture
The Walter N. Ridley Distinguished Annual Lecture
- 2024: Dr. Howard Stevenson, Constance Clayton Professor of Urban Education, Professor of Africana Studies, in the Human Development & Quantitative Methods Division of the Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania
- 2023: Bettina L. Love, William F. Russell Professor, Columbia University Teachers College
- 2022: Julie J. Park, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Education, University of Maryland-College Park
- 2021: Dr. Anthony A. Jack, Assistant Professor of Education, Harvard University
- 2019: Anjali J. Forber-Pratt, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Vanderbilt University
- 2018: Beverly D. Tatum, President Emerita of Spelman College
- 2017: John B. Kelly, Jr., United States Secretary of Education
- 2016: Prudence Carter, University of California, Berkeley
- 2015: Alfredo Artiles, Arizona University
- 2014: Joseph Hill, UNC Greensboro
- 2013: Carol S. Dweck, Stanford University
- 2012: Derrick Alridge, University of Virginia
- 2011: Pedro Noguera, New York University
- 2010: Brian Nosek, University of Virginia
- 2009: Margaret Beale Spencer, University of Chicago
- 2008: James A. Banks, University of Washington, Seattle
- 2007: Dr. Jacqueline Jordan Irvine, Emory University
- 2006: Dr. Henry L. Johnson, U.S. Assitant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary
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Education Pioneer Walter N. Ridley Persisted in Pursuing Knowledge
Ridley, the first Black student to graduate from UVA in 1953 – just part of his illustrious career in higher education – garnered the respect of the University community, from deans to janitors.