Gloria Ladson-Billings

Gloria Ladson-Billings is the Kellner Family Professor of Urban Education in the Department of Curriculum & Instruction and Faculty Affiliate in the Department of Educational Policy Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is past president of the American Educational Research Association. Ladson-Billings’ research examines the pedagogical practices of teachers who are successful with African American students. She also investigates Critical Race Theory applications to education. She is the author of the critically acclaimed books The åDreamkeepers: Successful Teachers of African American Children, Crossing Over to Canaan: The Journey of New Teachers in Diverse Classrooms, and Beyond the Big House: African American Educators on Teacher Education. With William Tate, she edited Education Research in the Public Interest: Social Justice, Action, and Policy, and she has authored numerous journal articles and book chapters. Ladson-Billings is the former editor of the American Educational Research Journal and a member of several editorial boards. Her work has won numerous scholarly awards including the H. I. Romnes Faculty Fellowship, The Spencer Post-doctoral Fellowship, and the Palmer O. Johnson outstanding research award. In 2002 she was awarded an honorary doctorate for UmeD University, UmeD Sweden. During the 2003-2004 academic year she was a fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford, CA. In fall of 2004 she received the George and Louise Spindler Award from the Council on Anthropology and Education for significant and ongoing contributions to the field of educational anthropology. In spring of 2005 she was elected to the National Academy of Education. Click HERE for a clip of Gloria Ladson-Billings discussing cultural competency.