David Gillborn - Racism in Education

David is Professor of Critical Race Studies, editor-in-chief of the journal Race Ethnicity and Education and Director of Research in the School of Education

David’s research focuses on race inequalities in education, especially the role of racism as a changing and complex characteristic of the system. He has written 6 books and more than 140 refereed articles, chapters and reports that range from original studies in classrooms and with teachers, through national reviews of research evidence in the field, to analyses of the changing policy landscape internationally. He is closely associated with the approach known as ‘Critical Race Theory’ and, in 2012, received the Derrick Bell Legacy Award; the highest honor possible from the US-based Critical Race Studies in Education Association (CRSEA).

David is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS), a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA), and a Laureate of Kappa Delta Pi (KDP), the US-based International Honor Society in Education. Membership is of the Laureate Chapter is limited to 60 living scholars judged to have made ‘a significant and lasting impact on the profession of education’.