SIU ESTABLISHING NEW DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM FOR EQUITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE IN EDUCATION
program for equity and social justice in education
Carbondale, Ill. — This fall, Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s School of Education is launching a new doctoral fellowship program with an emphasis in educational equity and social justice.
educational access and provide better and more equitable educational opportunities and success for all students,” said School of
Education Dean M Cecil Smith.
The new program is a response to the diversity, equity and inclusion challenges Smith and his colleagues have observed in the world and the nation.
of structural racism?’” he said.
About three to five fellows will be selected each year, with the option of earning a Ph.D. or Ed.D. Smith said that while there are a small number of university doctoral programs focusing on equity in education, SIU’s is distinctive for two reasons:
as graduate assistants. In addition, the fellows will receive training in preparing grant applications.
between various school districts across the state and the country. He said the goal would be for students to get involved in the center and its work, helping find solutions to the disparities
and inequities within schools.
and achievement.”
diversity and it is only fitting that the
university be part of the solution to closing
gaps and eliminating disparities. Founded in
1869, SIU’s inaugural 143-member class included
two Black students. Today, minorities
are nearly a third of the student population
and the university consistently ranks among
the nation’s top institutions of higher learning
for the number of degrees awarded to students
in ethnic and racial minority groups.
Smith said the coursework for the program will cover teaching and research, along with educational systems and social learning
theories. It includes a teaching apprenticeship with the focus on teaching diversity issues in education or the University 101 course.
Educational equity and access. Gender, race and ethnicity.
Disabilities and neurodiversity. Multicultural education: global/comparative/ international education, anticolonialism.
Public engagement and advocacy. Narrowing of achievement gaps. Evidence-based policy and practice. Democracy, diversity and social justice. School culture, language policies, social and
political contexts of schooling.
critical educators and researchers,” said Saran Donahoo, director of graduate studies and college student personnel and professor of educational administration and higher education.
to apply, contact Donahoo at donahoo@siu.edu.
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