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"We must work for small wins even as we are engaged in long-term culture shifts. We must search for systemic responses but be attentive to individual actions. We must be committed to action, but also to our continued learning and understanding."

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Dr. Terah T. Venzant Chambers is a professor of K-12 Educational Administration and the Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the College of Education at Michigan State University.

Her research interests include post-Brown K-12 education policy and urban education leadership.  Specifically, she is interested in the ways within-school segregative policies influence African American students’ academic achievement and school engagement, as well as the racialized price of school success for high-achieving students of color (racial opportunity cost).

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Honors and Awards:

  • 2020, Article of the Year, Journal of Research on Leadership Education, University Council for Educational Administration.

  • 2019, Inspirational Woman of the Year for Community Engagement, MSU Center for   Gender in Global Contexts.

  • 2017, Faculty Award, Black Graduate Student Association (BGSA).

  • 2015, Outstanding Reviewer of the Year, Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership,  University of South Florida/UCEA

  • 2013, Outstanding Reviewer Award, Urban Education, Vanderbilt University.

  • 2010, Outstanding New Faculty Award, College of Education and Human Development  (CEHD), Texas A&M University, College Station, TX. 

  • 2010, Outstanding Reviewer of the Year Award, Journal of School Leadership, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO.

  • 2003, Life Changing Award, presented by the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (CBCF) 2003 Summer Congressional Interns, Washington, DC.

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