Janelle Scott

Janelle Scott is a Professor at the University of California, Berkeley, affiliated with the School of Education and the African American Studies Department. She holds the Robert J. and Mary Catherine Birgeneau Distinguished Chair in Educational Disparities and chairs the Race, Diversity, and Educational Policy Cluster at the Othering and Belonging Institute. Additionally, she serves as Associate Dean for Students in the College of Letters and Science.

• Education: PhD in Education Policy from UCLA and BA in Political Science from UC Berkeley.

Her research focuses on the intersection of education policy, racial politics of public education, school choice, marketization, and community-based advocacy. She employs qualitative methods to analyze educational equity, urban leadership, and social justice in policy frameworks.

Key trends in her recent publications include civil rights frameworks for education reform, critiques of school closure policies, and analyses of racialization in global educational contexts. Her work also explores the role of philanthropy, social media, and intermediary organizations in shaping educational policy.

As an editor and co-author, Scott has been instrumental in advancing discourse on school choice, democratic schooling, and educational equity. She has not explicitly mentioned lab or team affiliations in the provided text.