The University of Virginia has announced the establishment of the Center on Race and Public Education in the South. The new center is being led by Derrick Alridge, a professor in the Curry School of Education at the university. Professor Alridge also is the director of “Teachers in the Movement,” an oral history project that explores the ideas and pedagogy of teachers during the civil rights movement.
The new center aims to bring researchers and the local community together to examine the intersection of race, education and schooling in the South, with the ultimate goal of influencing education policy.
In announcing his plans for the new center. Dr. Alridge stated that “we plan to sponsor lectures, offer a series of community discussions with educators in the area and host grant-writing sessions, among other activities. In fall 2018, we’ll host a two-day symposium that will explore pertinent issues in the education of African-Americans and the educational experiences of immigrants and refugee populations.”
“I intend for our center to initiate and support empirical research projects and engage in collaborative interdisciplinary research,” Dr. Alridge added. “While the center will develop and promote the research of affiliated faculty, we also anticipate research projects with organizations in the community.”
Professor Alridge joined the faculty at the University of Virginia in 2001 after teaching for many years at the University of Georgia. He is the author of The Educational Thought of W.E.B. Du Bois: An Intellectual History (Teachers College Press, 2008).
Dr. Alridge holds a bachelor’s degree in history and a master’s degree in social sciences and history from Winthrop University in Rock Hill, South Carolina. He earned a Ph.D. in the history of education from Pennsylvania State University.
Congrats Dr. Aldridge!!! Winthrop Proud!!!
Thank you good brother.
Congratulations Dr. Alridge! This is great!
Thank you, young scholar.
Congrats, Brother Alridge! Keep on keeping on!
Thank you frat.
Congratulations on yet another achievement. Can’t imagined a better person to take our conversations to another level. Miss you
Warm regards
Louis
Thanks, brother. You had a huge influence on me. More than you know.
Congratulations on yet another accomplishment. You make us proud.
Best regards,
Ira & Teresa Edwards
I appreciate your kind words. Miss talking with you.
Congratulations Brother Alridge. Wishing you continued success.
Best Regards,
Sige
Thanks, Sige. I appreciate your kinds words.
This is so needed!! Opportune!!!!
Thank you.
What an awesome opportunity, and you are the perfect person for this task. Blessings for continued success!
Thanks, Jill. I really appreciate your kind words. Hope to see you soon.
Congratulations! What a significant achievement. Wishing you continued success.
Tal
Thank, brother. I appreciate your support.
I am so proud of you! I told you when you were an undergrad student at Winthrop College that you were exceptional and that you would greatly impact the world. Again, the world needs you to continue to share your knowledge, skills, and your passion for education.
Thanks, mentor. You have always inspired me.
Outstanding achievement, keep it up we need you to continue to develop and share your academic thoughts. Proud to call you the Bros.
RQQ, team. You have always been the good bruhz.
A great center at the University now has a great leader to guide and direct it. Now lets see if we can connect it to not only viable outcomes in policy but also the politics of the South that shape public education,
Thanks, I really appreciate your support.
Congratulations Professor Alridge! What an achievement! Keep going!
Brother you have my full support for your efforts at UVA. Friendship is essential to the soul!
Lucky UVA to have Dr. Alridge at the helm of such a critical project; warmest wishes to a brave and brilliant colleague in this new endeavor.