Dr. Jacqueline Jordan Irvine: Renowned Educator, Author, and Researcher in Urban Education
Posted on 24. Jun, 2010 by Leshell Hatley in BSI Videos, Education, Scholarly Celebrations
Dr. Jacqueline Jordan Irvine is Charles Howard Candler Professor of Urban Education in the Division of Educational Studies at Emory University.
Visiting Scholar in Urban Education at the Howard University School of Education
Dr. Jacqueline Jordan Irvine, a member of the National Academy of Education and the Charles Howard Candler Professor Emerita at Emory University, was named Visiting Scholar in Urban Education at the Howard University School of Education in January 2009 (and served through December 2009). A nationally recognized scholar who earned her undergraduate and master’s degrees at Howard University, Dr. Irvine’s published research examines urban education, the teacher pipeline, and culturally responsive pedagogy.
In establishing the Visiting Scholar in Urban Education position, Dean Leslie T. Fenwick remarked,
“This post and Dr. Irvine’s appointment to it signals to the educational policy and research communities that the Howard University School of Education is repositioning itself to assume a more nationally prominent role as it responds to the nation’s education challenges.”
In March, Dr. Irvine was recognized as a 2010 Howard University Charter Day Honoree for outstanding contribution to education and research.
Books
Professor Irvine’s specialization is in multicultural education and urban teacher education, particularly the education of African American students. Her books include Black Students and School Failure (Greenwood), Growing Up African American in Catholic Schools (Teachers College Press), Critical Knowledge for Diverse Students (AACTE), Culturally Responsive Lesson Planning for Elementary and Middle Grades (McGraw-Hill), In Search of Wholeness: African American Teachers and Their Culturally Specific Pedagogy (Palgrave Publishers), and Educating Teachers for Diversity: Seeing with the Cultural Eye (Teachers College Press). In addition, she has published numerous articles and book chapters.
Awards
Black Students and School Failure received the Outstanding Writing Award from The American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education and was selected as a Outstanding Academic Book by the American Association of College and University Research Librarians.
Dr. Irvine has received the Distinguished Career Award from the SIG on Black Education of the American Education Research Association, an award from the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development for exemplary contributions to the education of African American children, the 2000 Dewitt-Wallace/AERA Lecture Award, the 2001 AACTE Hunt Lecture, and the 2003 AACTE Lindsey Award for Distinguished Research in Teacher Education.
At Emory University’s 2000 Commencement ceremony, Professor Irvine received the Thomas Jefferson Award, the highest award given to an Emory University faculty member for service and research. A renowned educator, in 2004 Professor Irvine received the prestigious Crystal Apple Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching. At the 2005 meeting of the American Educational Research Association, she was presented AERA’s Social Justice in Education Award for her efforts to advance social justice through education research.
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Information from:
http://www.howard.edu/schooleducation/Research_Spotlight/RS1.html
http://www.des.emory.edu/irvine/
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