How Teachers Learn Racial Competency: Through Peers and in Context

The College of Education’s Educational Policy and Planning Program and Gordon Lippitt Centennial Lectureship invite the COE community for a featured presentation with guest speaker, Dr. Constance A. Lindsay, “How Teachers Learn Racial Competency: Through Peers and in Context.”

As U.S. teachers remain disproportionately white while the student body grows more diverse, we must understand how and under what conditions white teachers learn racial competency. Dr. Lindsay reviews the results of a study that applied mixed-methods approach to investigate the hypothesis that Black peers improve white teachers’ effectiveness when teaching Black students.

The Gordon Lippitt Centennial Lectureship will provide a light lunch and refreshments for all attendees.

Dr. Constance A. Lindsay is an Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership in the School of Education at UNC Chapel Hill. After obtaining her doctorate in Human Development and Social Policy from Northwestern University in 2010, Dr. Lindsay has worked in education policy in various contexts, applying her research training both in traditional studies and also in the creation of new systems and policies regarding teachers. Prior to coming to UNC, she spent two years as a research associate in the Center on Education Data and Policy at the Urban Institute.