Friday June 1st Keynote Speaker

Dr. David Gillborn

David Gillborn is currently Professor of Critical Race Studies in Education at the Institute of Education, University of London; in August 2012 he will assume a professorship at the University of Birmingham. Recently described as ‘one of Britain’s leading race theorists’, David has twice been recipient of the UK’s most prestigious education research award, the Society for Educational Studies (SES) prize for outstanding education book of the year, for his books ‘Racism and Education: coincidence or conspiracy?’ and ‘Rationing Education’ (co-authored with Deborah Youdell). David has also been honoured for his work ‘promoting multicultural education’ by the American Educational Research Association (AERA) special interest group on the Critical Examination of Race, Ethnicity, Class and Gender in Education.

David’s writing spans both quantitative and qualitative research. He is founding editor of Race Ethnicity and Education, the leading international journal on racism and education. In addition to his scholarly activities, David also works closely with policy and advocacy groups, including the Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust, the Runnymede Trust, the National Children’s Bureau and the ‘Tell It Like It Is’ campaign for racial justice in education.