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Carter,
Prudence L.
Associate Professor of Education and (by courtesy) Sociology |
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Prudence L. Carter is an associate professor in the School of Education and (by courtesy) the Department of Sociology at Stanford. She teaches a range of courses on racial and ethnic relations, social and cultural inequality, the sociology of education, urban education and research methods. Professor Carter's first book, Keepin' It Real: School Success beyond Black and White (Oxford University Press 2005), is the 2006 co-winner of the Oliver Cromwell Cox Book Award, (Section on Racial and Ethnic Minorities, American Sociological Association) for its contribution to the eradication of racism; a 2005 finalist for the C. Wright Mills Book Award (Society for the Study of Social Problems); and an a 2007 honorable mention recipient of the distinguished book award (Section on Race, Class, and Gender, American Sociological Association). At present, Professor Carter is completing a book tentatively titled The Paradoxes of Opportunity: Race, Culture, and Boundaries in "Good" Schools , which documents a cross-national study of desegregated and majority-minority high schools in the United States and South Africa and examines how school practices can either facilitate or diminish academic and social divides in education. |
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* PhD (Sociology), Columbia University, 1999
* M Phil (Sociology), Columbia University,1998
* MA (Sociology & Education), Teachers College, Columbia University, 1995
* ScB (Applied Mathematics-Economics), Brown University, 1991 |
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* Associate Professor of Sociology, Harvard University, 2005-2007
* Assistant Professor of Sociology, Harvard University, 2001-2005
* Admission Officer, Brown University, 1991-1993 |
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| * Since Fall 2007 |
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* cultural flexibility, boundaries, and group dynamics among adolescents within different school contexts
* cross-national study (in the U.S. and South Africa) examining the social and cultural incorporation of students in both minority-dominant and white-dominant urban schools
* race, gender, culture and academic achievement disparities |
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* The Conduct of Qualitative Inquiry (EDUC 327A & EDUC 327C)
* Race and Ethnicity in Social Institutions (EDUC315/SOC 347)
* Urban Education (EDUC 212/112)
* Sociology of Education (EDUC 310/110) |
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* P. L. Carter. “Equity and Empathy: Toward Racial Achievement and Equality in U.S. Schools in the Obama Era.” Harvard Educational Review (Forthcoming 2009).
* P. Lichterman, P.L. Carter, and M. Lamont. “Race‐bridging for Christ? Conservative Christians and Black‐White Relations in Community Life,” In Conservative Christians and American Democracy , edited by Steven Brint and Jean Schroedel, New York: Russell Sage Foundation (Forthcoming 2009).
* P. Carter. Opportunities & Paradoxes: An Examination of Culture, Race & Group Incorporation in Post‐Apartheid South African Schools.” In Thinking Diversity, Building Cohesion: A Transnational Dialogue on Education , edited by M. Nkomo and S. Vandeyar, Amsterdam: Rozenberg Publishers, pp. 109-132. (Forthcoming 2009)
* Carter, P.L. Forthcoming. " “Race and Cultural Flexibility in Different Multiracial Schools." Teachers College Record .
* Warikoo, N. and P. L. Carter.2009. "Cultural Explanations for Racial and Ethnic Stratification in Academic Achievement: A Call for a New and Improved Theory." Review of Educational Research , vol. 79(1): 366-394.
* Carter, P. 2008. "Teaching Students Fluency in Multiple Cultural Codes," in Everyday Antiracism , edited by M. Pollock, New York: The New Press.
* Carter, P.L. 2008. "At-Risk Learners." In 21st Century Education: A Reference Handbook ,edited by T. Good, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc.
* Carter, P. L. 2006. "Straddling Boundaries: Identity, Culture, and School. The Sociology of Education , vol. 79(3): 304-328.
* Carter, P. L. 2006. "Intersectional Identities: 'Acting White,' Gender and Achievement." Beyond Acting White: Reassessments and New Directions in Research on Black Students and School Success , edited by E. Horvat and C. O'Connor, New York: Rowan and Littlefield.
* Carter, P. L. 2005. Keepin' It Real: School Success beyond Black and White. New York: Oxford University Press.
* Carter, P. L. 2003. "Black Cultural Capital, Status Positioning, and the Conflict of Schooling for Low-Income African American Youth." Social Problems , vol. 50, no. 1: 136-155. |
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* Co-Director, Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education (SCOPE)
* Editorial Board Member, American Sociological Review and The DuBois Review
* Faculty Affiliate, Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity, Stanford University
* Fellow, Center for the Study of Poverty and Inequality, Stanford University
* Faculty Affiliate, Center for African Studies
* Fellow, Education Policy Research Unit, Arizona State University
* Member, American Educational Research Association
* Member, American Sociological Association
* Member, Association of Black Sociologists
* Member, Society for the Study of Social Problems |
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* Phone: 650.736.7532
* Email: plcarter@stanford.edu
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