Prudence
L. Carter received her Sc.B. in applied mathematics-economics from
Brown University (1991), her M.A. in sociology and education from Teachers College,
Columbia University (1995) and her M. Phil. and Ph.D. in sociology from Columbia
University (1999). She completed post-doctoral work at the University of Michigan
and joined the Sociology Department at Harvard as an assistant professor in
2001. Her publications have appeared in African American Research Perspectives,
Ethnic and Racial Studies, Social Problems, and several
book volumes. Professor Carter's primary research agenda contends with prevalent
cultural explanations used to explain mobility differences among various racial
and ethnic groups. She has just completed Keepin' It Real: School Success
beyond Black and White (Oxford University Press 2005) about the intersecting
identities of race, ethnicity, class and gender and their influences on culture
and achievement among African American and Latino youths. Recently, Carter began
fieldwork on a new international study of race, culture, identity and schools
in South Africa and the United States.
(Description and picture taken from Dr. Carter's website.)
Public Lecture
Education and Black Achievement in the United States and South Africa
Thursday, April 7th 6-7:45 pm, Devlin 008
Seminar
Race and the Hierarchy of Cultural Meanings in Schools
Friday April 8th
The assigned seminar readings, “ ‘Black’ Cultural Capital, Status Positioning, and Schooling Conflicts for Low-Income African-American Youth”, “Race and Theory: Culture, Poverty, and Adaptation to Discrimination in Wilson and Ogbu”, and “The Silenced Dialogue: Power and Pedagogy in Educating Other People's Children” can be downloaded here in PDF format.