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American sociologist and university administrator
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Pedro Noguera
Born (1959-08-07) August 7, 1959 (age 65)
Occupations
  • Sociologist
  • university administrator
Academic background
Education
Academic work
InstitutionsUSC Rossier School of Education
Websitepedronoguera.com

Pedro Noguera (born August 7, 1959) is the Emery Stoops and Joyce King Stoops Dean of the University of Southern California's Rossier School of Education. He is recognized as a leading scholar of urban public education, equity, and school reform.

Noguera holds a B.A. and M.A. in sociology and a teaching credential from Brown University and a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of California, Berkeley.

Books

As author

  • The Imperatives of Power: Regime survival and the basis of political support in Grenada, 1951-1991 (1997). New York: Peter Lang Publishing, Inc.
  • City Schools and the American Dream: Fulfilling the Promise of Public Education (2003). New York: Teachers College Press. Winner, Forward Magazine Award for best book in education 2003; American Association of Educational Studies, Book of the Year Award, 2004.
  • (with Jean Yonomura Wing) Unfinished Business: Closing the Achievement in Our Schools (2006). San Francisco, CA: Josey Bass.
  • The Trouble With Black Boys: Reflections on Race, Equity and the Future of Public Education (2008). San Francisco: Wiley and Sons. (Winner American Education Studies Association Critics Choice Award; Schott Foundation Award for Research on Race and Gender; Scholastic Publishers Award)
  • (with A. Wade Boykin) Creating the Opportunity to Learning: Moving from Research to Practice to Close the Achievement Gap (2011). Washington, D.C.: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.
  • (with Edward Fergus and Margary Martin) Schooling for Resilience: Improving Life Trajectories for Black and Latino Boys (2014). Cambridge: Harvard Education Press.
  • The Schools We Need: Education, Inequality and America's Future (forthcoming). New York: New Press.

As editor

  • (with Shawn Ginwright and Julio Camarota) Beyond Resistance! Youth Activism and Community Change (2006). New York: Routledge.
  • (with Carlos Alberto Torres) Social Justice Education for Teachers: Paulo Freire and the Possible Dream (2008). London, UK: Sense Publishers.
  • (with William Ayers, Gloria Ladson-Billings, and Gregory Mitchie) City Kids, City Schools (2008). New York: New Press.
  • (with Aida Hurtado and Edward Fergus) Invisible No More: Understanding and Responding to the Disenfranchisement of Latino Males (2011). New York: Routledge.
  • (with Alan Blankstein) Excellence Through Equity (2015). San Francisco: Corwin Press.
  • (with Jill Pierce and Roey Ahram) Race, Equity and Education: The Pursuit of Equality in Education 60 Years After Brown (2015). New York: Springer Press.

Awards

References

  1. "Bio - Pedro A. Noguera". USC Rossier School of Education. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  2. Lindberg, Eric (April 27, 2020). "Prominent sociologist Pedro Noguera named as USC Rossier School of Education dean". USC News. Retrieved August 21, 2021.
  3. "Noguera Urges Urban Educators to Stand Fast in Wake of Anticipated Cutbacks". Diverse: Issues In Higher Education. 2014-11-07. Retrieved 2022-01-28.
  4. McCartney, Robert (2012-12-15). "Montgomery superintendent shows courage in denouncing standardized tests". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2022-01-28.
  5. "The Complex Disadvantages Underlying New York City's Specialized-High-School Dilemma". The New Yorker. 2018-06-15. Retrieved 2022-01-28.
  6. "Pedro Noguera". UCLA GSEIS. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015.
  7. "Publications – Pedro A. Noguera".
  8. "Grants & Awards (Partial List) – Pedro A. Noguera".

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