Race and Public Education in the South
What We Do
We conduct and support research and scholarship on issues that lie at the intersection of race, education and schooling in the southern United States.
Our Work
We advance research that studies the potential means of ameliorating disparities in academic achievement among youth in the South.
Who We Are
We bring together an interdisciplinary team of education scholars from history, psychology, philosophy and sociology to investigate the many facets of these disparities.
Featured News
Accolade
Professor Johnson Honored as Emerging Scholar
Assistant Professor Wintre Foxworth Johnson received recognition at the American Educational Research Association national conference this spring.
Featured Research
Our Team
Affiliated Faculty
UVA Faculty Affiliates
- A.D. Carson, Assistant Professor of Hip Hop and the Global South
- Deborah McDowell, the Alice Griffin Professor of English and Chair of the Carter G. Woodson Institute for African-American and African Studies
- Gerard Robinson, Professor of Practice in Public Policy and Law, Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy
- Kimberly J. Robinson, the Elizabeth D. and Richard A. Merrill Professor of Law; Professor of Education; Professor of Law, Education and Public Policy
- Larry Rowley, Director of Strategic Initiatives, UVA Equity Center
- Brian Williams, Associate Professor of Public Policy
Contact Us
Mailing Address
Ridley Hall
Room 204A
Charlottesville, VA