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Prudence L. Carter is Dean of the Graduate School of Education at Berkeley. Dean Carter’s expertise ranges from issues of youth identity and race, class, and gender, urban poverty, social and cultural inequality, the sociology of education and mixed research methods. Specifically, she examines academic and mobility differences shaped by the effects of race, ethnicity, class, and gender. Dean Carter earned a Master of Philosophy and PhD in Sociology from Columbia University. Before being named Dean at Berkeley, she was the Jacks Family Professor of Education and Professor of Sociology (by courtesy) at Stanford University. Her books include the award-winning, Keepin’ It Real: School Success beyond Black and White (Oxford University Press, 2005); and Stubborn Roots: Race, Culture, and Inequality in U.S. & South African Schools (Oxford University Press, 2012). Dean Carter is an elected a member of the National Academy of Education; the Sociological Research Association; and a Fellow of the American Educational Research Association (AERA). She also serves on the Board of Trustees for the William T. Grant Foundation; and SOAR for Youth.

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                                                                                          - Prudence L. Carter, Lead Dean, Lead Dean, ProS Region