NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Rich Milner, assistant professor of education at Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College of education and human development, has been honored with an Early Career Contribution Award from the American Educational Research Association. The award, presented annually by the association’s Committee on Scholars of Color in Education, recognizes a scholar who is within the first decade of his or her career following receipt of the doctoral degree.
Milner’s research focuses on what role teachers’ thinking and beliefs play in the development of language arts and other curriculum; on urban education and access to education in urban areas; and on race, culture and equity in education. He teaches both undergraduate and graduate courses in English education and language, literacy and culture at Peabody College.
“Rich Milner is a very promising scholar and it is great to see his early output recognized by the nation’s largest organization for education research,” Camilla P. Benbow, Patricia and Rodes Hart Dean of Education and Human Development, said.
“I am thankful that my research about under-served populations has been recognized by such an important organization,” Milner said. “Being included among the most distinguished and promising scholars of color in education is, indeed, humbling.”
Milner is the co-editor, with E. W. Ross, of a book currently in press, “Race, Ethnicity, and Education: The Influences of Racial and Ethnic Identity in Education.” Since joining the Vanderbilt faculty in 2001, he has produced 24 articles for peer-refereed journals and numerous book chapters, book reviews and invited publications.
Milner received his doctorate in curriculum studies from The Ohio State University in 2001. He also earned a master’s degree in educational policy and leadership from Ohio State in 2000. He received a master’s in teaching and bachelor’s degree in English from South Carolina State University in 1997 and 1996, respectively.
The American Educational Research Association was founded in 1916 with a mission of advancing education through research and scholarly interaction. The organization has 25,000 members from a variety of educational fields. For more information about AERA, visit www.aera.net.
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