Prudence Carter Explained

Prudence Carter is an American sociologist. She is a Sarah and Joseph Jr. Dowling Professor of Sociology at Brown University. She was the 114th president of the American Sociological Association from 2023-2024.^{[1] [2]}

Carter previously served as dean of the Graduate School of Education at University of California, Berkeley, where she was awarded The Berkeley Citation in 2021.^[3] She is a fellow of the American Educational Research Association, an elected member of the National Academy of Education,^{[4] [5]} and is currently Sarah and Joseph, Jr. Dowling Professor of Sociology at Brown University.^[6]

Education

Carter has a bachelor's degree in economics and applied mathematics from Brown University, an MA in education and sociology from Teachers College, Columbia University, and an MPhil and PhD in sociology from Columbia University.^[7]

Career

Carter was an assistant professor in the department of sociology at Harvard University.^[8] She served on the faculty at Stanford University from 2007 to 2016.^[9] Carter also served as the Faculty Director of John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities,^{[10] [11]} and the Director of the Research Institute for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity.^[12] From 2016 to 2021, she was Dean of the Graduate School of Education and E.H. and Mary E. Pardee Professor at the University of California at Berkeley.^[13] Before stepping down as the UC Berkeley GSE dean on July 31, 2021, she was awarded The Berkeley Citation.^{[14] [15]}

Books

• Keepin’ It Real: School Success beyond Black and White (2005) Oxford University Press
• Stubborn Roots: Race, Culture, and Inequality in U.S. & South African Schools (2012) Oxford University Press
• Co-editor with Kevin G. Welner of Closing the Opportunity Gap: What America Must Do to Give Every Child an Even Chance (2013) Oxford University Press

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2021-06-04. Prudence Carter Elected 114th ASA President; Mignon Moore Voted Vice President. 2021-08-20. American Sociological Association. en.
2. Web site: Vasishtha . Preeti . Joya Misra Elected 115th ASA President; Jennifer A. Reich Voted Vice President . American Sociological Association.
3. Web site: Former Dean Awarded The Berkeley Citation Graduate School of Education. 2021-08-19. gse.berkeley.edu.
4. Web site: Prudence Carter. 2021-08-20. National Academy of Education. en-US.
5. Web site: Our Members. 2021-08-21. National Academy of Education. en-US.
6. Web site: 2021-05-17. Professor Prudence Carter to Join Brown University's Department of Sociology July 1, 2021. 2021-08-19. Sociology Brown University. en.
7. Web site: 2017-06-15. Prudence Carter's CV. 2021-07-30. UC Berkeley Graduate School of Education.
8. Web site: Williams. Joseph. 2015-12-21. Prudence Carter Appointed Dean of the Graduate School of Education at Berkeley. 2021-08-19. The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education.
9. Web site: Stanford's Prudence Carter named dean of U.C. Berkeley's Graduate School of Education The Dish. 2021-07-30. news.stanford.edu. en.
10. Web site: John Gardner Center for Youth and their communities. 2021-07-30. gardnercenter.stanford.edu.
11. Web site: 2013-07-08. New faculty director at Gardner Center. 2021-07-30. Stanford Graduate School of Education. en.
12. Web site: Center for Comparative Studies in Race & Ethnicity. 2021-07-30. ccsre.stanford.edu.
13. Web site: Dean Carter to Step Down Graduate School of Education. 2021-07-30. gse.berkeley.edu.
14. Web site: Dean Prudence L. Carter Awarded The Berkeley Citation Graduate School of Education. 2021-07-30. gse.berkeley.edu.
15. Web site: Berkeley Citation Berkeley Awards. 2021-07-30. awards.berkeley.edu.