Prudence Carter | |
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Born | Mississippi, USA |
Nationality | American |
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Awards | The Berkeley Citation |
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Discipline | Education and Sociology |
Institutions | Brown University |
Prudence Carter is an American sociologist. She is a Sarah and Joseph Jr. Dowling Professor of Sociology at Brown University. [1] She was the 114th president of the American Sociological Association from 2023-2024. [2] [3]
Carter previously served as dean of the Graduate School of Education at University of California,Berkeley,where she was awarded The Berkeley Citation in 2021. [4] [1] She is a fellow of the American Educational Research Association,an elected member of the National Academy of Education, [5] [6] and is currently Sarah and Joseph,Jr. Dowling Professor of Sociology at Brown University. [7]
Carter has a bachelor's degree in economics and applied mathematics from Brown University,an MA in education and sociology from Teachers College,Columbia University,and an MPhil and PhD in sociology from Columbia University. [8]
Carter was an assistant professor in the department of sociology at Harvard University. [9] She served on the faculty at Stanford University from 2007 to 2016. [10] Carter also served as the Faculty Director of John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities, [11] [12] and the Director of the Research Institute for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity. [13] From 2016 to 2021,she was Dean of the Graduate School of Education and E.H. and Mary E. Pardee Professor at the University of California at Berkeley. [14] Before stepping down as the UC Berkeley GSE dean on July 31,2021,she was awarded The Berkeley Citation. [15] [16]
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