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.
Research Projects
- Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site-Ethnographic Resource Study
- Connecting the STEM Curriculum to Diversity and Democracy
- How a University's Historical Involvement in Slavery Relates to Black Students' College Choice, Experiences, & Outcomes
- Latino Siblings School Transition Project
- Dual Language Immersion
- Democratic Dialogue between Police and Low-Income Youth of Color
- Teen Reading Lounge, Beyond Books
Educating for Democracy
Educating for Democracy provides educators with supplementary resources and ideas for the teaching of history and social studies from a developmental science perspective. Drawing on primary sources and secondary materials written by prominent scholars and thinkers, EFD is an inquiry-based approach for teaching about democracy and transformative people and events in the American experience.
Charlottesville Freedom School
Replicated in locations across the country, Freedom Schools offer a 6-week summer program aimed at developing K-12 students literacy skills through culturally relevant practices, community engagement, and civic engagement.
Connect with Us
Featured Research
Featured News
News in Brief: UVA EHD Faculty Awarded Large Spencer Foundation Grant
Three School of Education and Human Development faculty members received a $321,000 large research grant from the Spencer Foundation to conduct a mixed-methods study engaging African American children in participatory research.
Our Team
Derrick P. Alridge
- Philip J. Gibson Professor of Education
Bethany A. Bell
- Associate Professor
Chris Chang-Bacon
- Assistant Professor
Nancy L. Deutsch
- Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs
- Linda K. Bunker Professor of Education
- Director, Youth-Nex
Jason T. Downer
- Professor
- Director, Center for Advanced Study of Teaching and Learning
David Eddy-Spicer
- Professor
Trayc Freeman
- Ph.D. Student
Juan C. Garibay
- Associate Professor
Natoya Hill Haskins
- Associate Professor
- Counselor Education Program Co-Director
Diane M. Hoffman
- Associate Professor
Wintre Foxworth Johnson
- Assistant Professor
Melissa Levy
- Associate Professor
- Youth & Social Innovation Program Director
Natalia Palacios
- Associate Professor
Brian Pusser
- Associate Professor
Alexa Rodriguez
- Assistant Professor of Education
Stephanie Rowley
- Dean
- William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Education
Shubhi Sachdeva
- Research Assistant Professor
LaRon A. Scott
- Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
- Associate Professor
Lora Henderson Smith
- Assistant Professor
Julia Taylor
- Associate Professor
Antoinette R. Thomas
- Professor of Education
- Clinical Psychologist
- Counselor Education Program Co-Director
Stanley C. Trent
- Associate Professor
Stephanie D. van Hover
- Professor
Rachel L. Wahl
- Associate Professor
Caroline Webster
- Project and Administrative Manager
Derick J. Williams
- Associate Professor of Education
Jonee Wilson
- Associate Professor
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