Student Achievements
Faculty Member from College of Education Receives National Honor
April 04, 2014
The Multicultural/Multiethnic Education (MME) Special Interest Group
(SIG) of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) selected
Dr. Donald Mitchell, Jr, faculty member in the College of Education,
as the 2014 recipient of the Dr. Carlos J. Vallejo Memorial Award for Emerging Scholarship.
This award is given annually to one scholar/practitioner based
upon the following criteria: a) illustrating effort in producing
scholarship which advances multicultural and multiethnic education
(broadly defined), within all educational, cultural, societal and
social settings, contexts, levels and locations; and b) a demonstrated
commitment to underserved communities beyond scholarship with evidence
of improving the practical conditions experienced by
multicultural/multiethnic communities.
The award was presented to Dr. Mitchell at the MME-SIG business meeting/award ceremony at the annual meeting of the AERA in Philadelphia, PA in April 2014.
The American Educational Research Association (AERA), a national research society, strives to advance knowledge about education, to encourage scholarly inquiry related to education, and to promote the use of research to improve education and serve the public good. AERS is concerned with improving the educational process by encouraging scholarly inquiry related to education and evaluation and by promoting the dissemination and practical application of research results. AERA's more than 25,000 members are faculty, researchers, graduate students, and other distinguished professionals with rich and diverse expertise in education research.
Photo: Dr. Donald Mitchell, Jr. (right) receives the Faculty Mentor Award from Graduate Student Association President Paul Jabaay (left). Adam Bird Photography.