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Earl J. Edwards

Assistant Professor

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Earl J. Edwards

Ph.D.

Contact

Telephone: 617-552-4185

Email: earl.edwards@bc.edu

ORCID

Education

  • Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles
  • M.A. Teachers College, Colombia University
  • B.A. 艾可直播 College

Courses

Reflection on Leadership Seminar Information
Applied Education Policy in the Community Context
Leadership for Social Justice

Research Interests

Earl鈥檚 research interests include exploring how educational systems can become intentional community hubs for mitigating structural barriers like poverty and homelessness.

Expertise

  • Educational Leadership & Policy
  • Equity and Social Justice
  • Urban Education
Curriculum Vitae

Department

ELHE Educational Leadership & Higher Education

Biography

Earl J. Edwards is an educator, researcher, and human rights advocate. His scholarship and practice focus on the impact of structural racism on public institutions in the United States and training leaders and policymakers to create systems to address racial inequities proactively. He is particularly interested in exploring how educational systems can become intentional community hubs for mitigating structural barriers like poverty and homelessness. Edwards is the co-author of the practitioner-focused book; All Students Must Thrive: Transforming Schools to Combat Toxic Stressor and Cultivate Critical Wellness, and he has published in Urban Education, The Journal of Children and Poverty, Phi Delta Kappan, among other academic journals.

Edwards started his career as a classroom teacher and has taught in Providence, Rhode Island; Los Angeles, California; and Compton, California. He earned a bachelor鈥檚 degree from 艾可直播 College, a master鈥檚 degree in school leadership from Teachers College, Columbia, and a doctoral degree in education from the University of California, Los Angeles.

Edwards is currently the instructor for the PSAP Educational Leadership course Leadership for Social Justice.

Selected Recent Publications

  • Edwards, E.J. (2021). Who are the Homeless? Centering anti-Black racism and the consequences of colorblind homeless policies. MDPI Social Sciences.
  • Edwards, E.J. (2020). Listening to formerly homeless youth. Phi Delta Kappan
  • Edwards, E.J. (2020). Young, black, successful, and homelessness: Examining the unique challenges of black students who experienced homelessness. Children and Poverty.
  • Edwards, E. J. (2019). Hidden success: Learning from the counternarratives of high school graduates impacted by student homelessness. Urban Education.
  • Howard, T. C., Camangian, P., Edwards, E. J., Howard, M., Minkoff, A. C., Orange, T., & Watson, K. T. (2019). All Students Must Thrive: Transforming Schools to Combat Toxic Stressors and Cultivate Critical Wellness. International Center for Leadership in Education

Grants & Fellowships

  • 2019-2022 PI. Catching Students in the Margins: Case Study on School Districts Using Multi-Tiered Supports Systems to Support Students Experiencing Homelessness. Ford Foundation, The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. $72,000.
  • 2018-2019 PI. Young, Black, Successful, and Homeless: Exploring the Academic Success of Black Students Who Experienced Homelessness. Graduate Research Mentorship Fellowship, University of California, Los Angeles. $20,000
  • 2017 PI. Hidden Success: Counter Narratives of Former Homeless High School Graduates. Graduate Research Mentorship Fellowship, University of California, Los Angeles. $6,000

Awards

  • 2022 Los Angeles County Commendation, Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
  • 2022 UCLA Ed&IS Black Excellence Award, University of California, Los Angeles
  • 2019 Edward Alexander Bouchet Graduate Honor Society, University of California, Los Angeles
  • 2018 Ford Predoctoral Fellowship, The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
  • 2018 Los Angeles Clippers Community Leadership Award, Los Angeles Clippers Foundation
  • 2010 艾可直播 College Heights Person of The Year, 艾可直播 College
  • 2010 Alfred Feliciano and Valerie Lewis Leadership Award
  • 2009 (Finalist) Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship, 艾可直播 College
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