Rosel Schewel Lecture Series: Dr. H. Richard Milner, IV

1501 Lakeside Drive,Lynchburg VA 24501

22 March, 2023

Description

Dr. H. Richard Milner IV (also known as Rich) is Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair of Education and Professor of Education in the Department of Teaching and Learning at Peabody College of Vanderbilt University. In April 2022, Professor Milner received the prestigious Joseph A. Johnson, Jr. Distinguished Leadership Professor Award, one of Vanderbilt University’s highest honors. His research, teaching, and policy interests concern urban education, teacher education, African American literature, and the social context of education. Professor Milner’s research examines practices and policies that support teacher effectiveness in urban schools. Professor Milner is President of the American Educational Research Association, the largest educational research organization in the world. He is an elected member of the National Academy of Education and a Fellow of the American Educational Research Association. Professor Milner’s work has appeared in numerous journals, and he has published seven books. His most recent are: Start where you are but don’t stay there: Understanding diversity, opportunity gaps, and teaching in today’s classrooms (Harvard Education Press, 2010 and 2020, Second Edition), Rac(e)ing to class: Confronting poverty and race in schools and classrooms (Harvard Education Press, 2015) and These kids are out of control: Why we must reimagine classroom management for equity (Corwin Press, 2018). He can be reached at [email protected]. Cultivating Relationships and a Sense of Belonging in Education and Community Lecture Description: Grounded in relationship cultivation, engagement, interests, and outcomes tend to improve when people have a sense of belonging in a classroom, school, and/or community. The keynote focuses on ways to design and cultivate policies, interactions, experiences, and practices that cultivate places where people feel a deep, robust, and sustained sense of belonging. Centering issues of equity and justice, the keynote/workshop helps those in attendance think about and construct tools where all find value and connection to an environment to increase academic, social, and professional social success.