Vanessa Siddle Walker
Vanessa Siddle Walker is the Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of African American Educational Studies at Emory University and was president of the American [Educational Research Association] in 2019–20. Walker has studied the segregation of the American educational system for twenty-five years and published the non-fiction work The Lost Education of Horace Tate: Uncovering the Hidden Heroes Who Fought for Justice in Schools.
Education
Walker graduated from Bartlett Yancey High School in Yanceyville, North Carolina. She received her B.A. in education from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, followed by both an M.Ed and Ed.D. from Harvard University.Books
As author
- Their Highest Potential: An African [American School Community in the Segregated South]
- Facing Racism in Education Hello Professor: A Black Principal and Professional Leadership in the Segregated South
- ''The Lost Education of Horace Tate: Uncovering the Hidden Heroes Who Fought for Justice in Schools''
As editor
Race-ing Moral Formation- ''Living the Legacy: Universities and Schools in Collaborative for African American Children''
Award and honors
Walker's awards and honors include:- Grawmeyer Award for Education
- American [Educational Research Association|AERA] Early Career Award
- Conference of Southern Graduate Schools
- American Education Studies Association
- Three awards from AERA Divisions, including Best New Female Scholar, Best New Book, and Outstanding Book
- 2019–20 President of the American Educational Research Association