Interdisciplinary perspectives on race, equity, and education enrich the Center’s research projects and activities. Professors from various departments in the School of Arts and Sciences, the School of Social Policy and Practice, and the School of Nursing join Penn GSE faculty as affiliates of the Center. A sizeable fraction of each scholar’s research portfolio includes projects situated in P-12 schools, colleges and universities, or social contexts that influence educational opportunity and outcomes. These Penn professors understand that myriad social, cultural, and political forces contribute to inequities at all levels of education, and that cross-disciplinary research approaches are likely to yield more sophisticated implications for social policy and practice.

Katrina Armstrong, MD [bio]

Professor of Medicine
Perelman School of Medicine
karmstro@mail.med.upenn.edu

Regina Austin, J.D. [bio]

William A. Schnader Professor of Law
Director, Penn Program on Documentaries and the Law
Penn Law School
raustin@law.upenn.edu

H. Gerald Campano, Ph.D. [bio]

Associate Professor, Language and Literacy in Education Division
Graduate School of Education
campano@gse.upenn.edu

Camille Z. Charles, Ph.D. [bio]

Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn
Term Professor in the Social Sciences
Professor of Sociology
Director, Center for Africana Studies
School of Arts and Sciences
ccharles@pop.upenn.edu

Ezekiel Dixon-Román, Ph.D. [bio]

Assistant Professor
School of Social Policy and Practice
ezekield@sp2.upenn.edu

Ezekiel J. Emanuel, M.D., Ph.D. [bio]

Vice Provost for Global Initiatives
Chair, Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy
Diane V.S. Levy & Robert M. Levy University Professor

Perelman School of Medicine and The Wharton School

zemanuel@upenn.edu

David L. Eng, Ph.D. [bio]

Professor of English and Asian American Studies
School of Arts and Sciences
deng@english.upenn.edu

Pamela Felder, Ph.D. [bio]

Lecturer, Higher Education Division
Graduate School of Education
felderpp@gse.upenn.edu

Vivian L. Gadsden, Ed.D. [bio]

William T. Carter Professor of Child Development and Education
Director, National Center on Fathers and Families
Associate Director, National Center on Adult Literacy
Graduate School of Education
viviang@gse.upenn.edu

Marybeth Gasman, Ph.D. [bio]

Professor, Higher Education Division
Graduate School of Education
mgasman@gse.upenn.edu

Charles L. Howard, Ph.D. [bio]

University Chaplain
Adjunct Professor, School of Arts and Sciences and Graduate School of Education
choward@pobox.upenn.edu

John L. Jackson Jr., Ph.D. [bio]

Richard Perry University Professor of Communication and Anthropology
Annenberg School for Communication
School of Arts and Sciences
jackson5@asc.upenn.edu

Grace Kao, Ph.D. [bio]

Professor of Sociology and Asian American Studies
School of Arts and Sciences
grace2@pop.upenn.edu

Annette Lareau, Ph.D. [bio]

Stanley I. Sheerr Professor in the Social Sciences
Professor of Sociology
School of Arts and Sciences
alareau@sas.upenn.edu

Lisa M. Lewis, Ph.D. [bio]

Associate Professor
School of Nursing, Center for Health Equity Research
lisaml@nursing.upenn.edu

Terri H. Lipman, Ph.D. [bio]

Miriam Stirl Endowed Term Professor of Nutrition
Professor of Nursing of Children
School of Nursing
lipman@nursing.upenn.edu

Laura W. Perna, Ph.D. [bio]

Professor, Higher Education Division
Graduate School of Education
lperna@gse.upenn.edu

Americus Reed II, Ph.D. [bio]

Whitney M. Young Jr. Professor of Marketing
The Wharton School
amreed@wharton.upenn.edu

Kenneth L. Shropshire, J.D. [bio]

David W. Hauck Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics
The Wharton School
shrop@wharton.upenn.edu

Rogers M. Smith, Ph.D. [bio]

Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Political Science
School of Arts and Sciences
rogerss@sas.upenn.edu

Howard C. Stevenson, Ph.D. [bio]

Associate Professor, Applied Psychology and Human Development Division
Graduate School of Education
howards@gse.upenn.edu

Tukufu Zuberi, Ph.D. [bio]

Lasry Family Professor of Race Relations
Chair, Sociology Department
School of Arts and Sciences
tukufu@ssc.upenn.edu