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Prudence L. Carter is the Sarah and Joseph Jr. Dowling Professor of Sociology at Brown University and Director of the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America. Previously, she served as the E.H. and Mary E. Pardee Professor and Dean of the Graduate School of Education at UC Berkeley (2016-2021).
Her research examines structural inequalities in education and society, with emphasis on how race, ethnicity, class, and gender shape academic and mobility outcomes in the United States and globally. She employs mixed-method approaches to analyze racial dynamics in schools and societal systems.
Education:
• B.S. in Applied Mathematics & Economics, Brown University (1991)
• M.A. in Sociology & Education, Teachers College, Columbia University
• M.Phil. & Ph.D. in Sociology, Columbia University
Awards & Leadership:
- Oliver Cromwell Cox Book Award (2006)
- C. Wright Mills Book Award Finalist
- Elected Fellow: National Academy of Education, Sociological Research Association, American Education Research Association
- President, American Sociological Association (2022-2023)
Affiliated Centers:
Directs the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America at Brown, focusing on interdisciplinary research into racial and ethnic disparities.
