Joyce E. King to Lead the American Educational Research Association

JoyceKingINJoyce E. King, professor in the College of Education at Georgia State University in Atlanta, has been chosen as president-elect of the American Educational Research Association. She will serve for one year as president-elect beginning on May 1 and then become president of the association at the conclusion of the group’s 2014 annual meeting.

Professor King joined the faculty at Georgia State University in 2004 and currently holds the Benjamin E. Mays Endowed Chair of Urban Teaching, Learning, and Leadership. Before joining the faculty at Georgia State, she was a professor of education and provost at Spelman College. She also has served as associate provost at Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn and as associate vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of New Orleans. She is the co-author of Black Mothers to Sons: Juxtaposing African American Literature With Social Practice (Peter Lang Publishing).

Dr. King holds a bachelor’s degree and a doctorate in the social foundations of education from Stanford University.

Related Articles

2 COMMENTS

Leave a Reply

Get the JBHE Weekly Bulletin

Receive our weekly email newsletter delivered to your inbox

Latest News

Higher Education Gifts or Grants of Interest to African Americans

Here is this week’s news of grants or gifts to historically Black colleges and universities or for programs of particular interest to African Americans in higher education.

New Online Library for the Study of Philanthropy and Black Churches

The new Philanthropy and the Black Church digital collection of the Lake Institute on Faith and Giving, an organization founded by the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at Indiana University, and the Center for the Church and the Black Experience at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, aims to provide resources for Black churches and other philanthropic institutions to partner together on strategic initiatives.

Online Articles That May Be of Interest to JBHE Readers

Each week, JBHE will provide links to online articles that may be of interest to our readers. Here are this week’s selections.

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Establishes New Research Center to Address Segregation in Local Area

The new Center for Equity Practice and Planning Justice at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee aims to study the history of racial segregation in the local area and advance racially equitable practices in urban planning.

Featured Jobs