Vanessa Siddle Walker is the Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of African American Educational Studies at Emory University and was president of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) in 2019–20.[1][2] Walker has studied the segregation of the American educational system for twenty-five years and published the non-fiction work The Lost Education of Horace Tate: Uncovering the Hidden Heroes Who Fought for Justice in Schools.[3][4][5]
Education
Walker graduated from Bartlett Yancey High School in Yanceyville, North Carolina.[6] She received her B.A. in education from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, followed by both an M.Ed and Ed.D. from Harvard University.
Books
As author
- Their Highest Potential: An African American School Community in the Segregated South (University of North Carolina Press, 1996)[7]
- Facing Racism in Education (Harvard Educational Review Reprint Series, 2004)[8]
- (with Ulysses Byas) Hello Professor: A Black Principal and Professional Leadership in the Segregated South (University of North Carolina Press, 2009)[9]
- The Lost Education of Horace Tate: Uncovering the Hidden Heroes Who Fought for Justice in Schools (The New Press, 2020)[10]
As editor
- (with John R. Snarey) Race-ing Moral Formation (Teachers College Press, 2004)[11]
- (with Sheryl J. Croft and Tiffany D. Pogue) Living the Legacy: Universities and Schools in Collaborative for African American Children (Rowan and Little, 2018)[12]
Award and honors
Walker's awards and honors include:
- Grawmeyer Award for Education[13]
- AERA Early Career Award[14]
- Conference of Southern Graduate Schools[15]
- American Education Studies Association[16]
- Three awards from AERA Divisions, including Best New Female Scholar, Best New Book, and Outstanding Book
- 2019–20 President of the American Educational Research Association[17]
References
- ^ "Vanessa Siddle Walker Voted AERA President-Elect; Key Members Elected to AERA Council". www.aera.net. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
- ^ "Vanessa Siddle Walker Voted AERA President-Elect". www.aera.net. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
- ^ "11 Books Feminists Should Read In July". Bitch Media. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
- ^ "Nonfiction Book Review: The Lost Education of Horace Tate: Uncovering the Hidden Heroes Who Fought for Justice in Schools by Vanessa Siddle Walker. New Press, $32.99 (480p) ISBN 978-1-620971-05-5". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
- ^ Roth, Michael S. (2018-08-21). "'The Lost Education of Horace Tate' Review: Civil Rights for Schoolchildren". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2018-08-24.
- ^ "Bartlett Yancey High School". Retrieved February 8, 2025.
- ^ Walker, Vanessa Siddle (1996). Their Highest Potential: An African American School Community in the Segregated South. University of North Carolina Press, P. ISBN 9780807845813.
- ^ "Facing Racism in Education". hepg.org. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
- ^ Walker, Vanessa Siddle; Byas, Ulysses (2009). Hello Professor: A Black Principal and Professional Leadership in the Segregated South. University of North Carolina Press. doi:10.5149/9780807888759_walker. ISBN 9780807832899. JSTOR 10.5149/9780807888759_walker.
- ^ "The Lost Education of Horace Tate". The New Press. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
- ^ "Race-ing Moral Formation 9780807744499". Teachers College Press. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
- ^ "New Faculty Bio: Vanessa Siddell Walker". aas.emory.edu. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
- ^ "2000 – Vanessa Siddle Walker". Grawemeyer Awards. July 21, 2000. Retrieved July 25, 2021.
- ^ "Vanessa Siddle Walker Voted AERA President-Elect; Key Members Elected to AERA Council". www.aera.net. March 2018. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
- ^ "Vanessa Siddle Walker - National Academy of Education". National Academy of Education. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
- ^ "Emory professor Vanessa Siddle Walker voted American Educational Research Association president-elect". news.emory.edu. 2018-04-09. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
- ^ "Organizational Structure and Governance". www.aera.net. Retrieved 2018-08-17.
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