Sizemore Book Club Hosts Discussion with Dr. Diane S. Pollard

The School of Education’s Canevin Center Sizemore Book Club is hosting Dr. Diane Pollard for a discussion of chapters from The Evolving Significance of Race: Living, Learning and Teaching by Sherick Hughes and Theodorea Berry.

The book club, which is part of the Sizemore Urban Education Initiative, will be held on Thursday, Nov. 13, at noon in Room 109 of the Union.

A professor emerita of educational psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Pollard’s research on factors related to coping and academic achievement in African-American children, African-American contributions to their children and on the intersections of gender and race is expected to add an important perspective to the conversation.

“We are particularly gratified to welcome another scholar in urban education,” said Dr. Olga Welch, dean of the School of Education. “Dr. Pollard is an internationally recognized authority on urban schooling who is facilitating a discussion on enhancing equitable educational opportunities in urban settings with the faculty and graduate students from Duquesne University and the University of Pittsburgh.”

Pollard has written four books and 30 journal articles and research monographs, and taught masters- and doctoral-level courses in the areas of human development, the psychology of race and ethnicity, urban education and multicultural studies. In addition to her academic work, Pollard has served as a consultant to the National Institutes of Mental Health, the U.S. Department of Education, the Educational Testing Service, the Eli Lilly Foundation and the Annie E. Casey Foundation.

The purpose of the Canevin Center Sizemore Book Club is to foster growth and awareness of the issues of urban education by embracing the Spiritan tradition of caring.

To RSVP for the event, contact Melissa Price at pricem@duq.edu or 412.396.1852.