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Dr. Earl J. Edwards is an Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy at the ÌÇÐÄVlog Lynch School of Education and Human Development, where he directs the and co-directs the Institute for the Study of Race & Culture (ISRC).

Dr. Edwards’s research examines how schools, housing systems, and community institutions can better support youth and families experiencing homelessness, with particular attention to the impact of structural racism and economic inequality on access to educational opportunity and public resources.

His scholarship explores (1) how schools identify and support youth experiencing homelessness, (2) how educational and housing institutions work together to coordinate resources and services for housing-insecure youth and families, and (3) how Black youth navigate racialized and economically stratified educational environments.

His recent work examines Black educational leadership, including how Black school leaders enact culturally relevant leadership across the cultural, ethnic, linguistic, and national diversity of Black communities.

His work has been published in scientific journals such as Urban Education, AERA Open, Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, AERA Open, Educational Policy, Education and Urban Society, and Leadership and Policy in Schools. He is also co-author of the book, All Students Must Thrive: Transforming Schools to Combat Toxic Stressors and Cultivate Critical Wellness.

Dr. Edwards serves on several national research and policy bodies, including the Homeless Policy Research Institute at the University of Southern California, the National Racial Equity Working Group on Homelessness and Housing, the Anti-Racist Research and Data Team to End Homelessness, and the National Alliance to End Homelessness Research Advisory Board.

Dr. Edwards is a board member of Higher Ground Boston, a Roxbury-based nonprofit addressing health and education inequities in Black neighborhoods in Boston, and he serves on the board of Brilliant Corners, a housing nonprofit organization in California.

Dr. Scott Seider is Professor of Applied Developmental Psychology and the Buehler Faculty Fellow at ÌÇÐÄVlog. He also co-directs ÌÇÐÄVlog's Institute for the Study of Race and Culture.

​​​Scott is the co-author of five books and dozens of academic papers that explore how parents and educators can support young people's positive development.

​​His newest research investigates how parents in mixed race, mixed heritage, and mixed faith families share their cultural and religious traditions with their children.  ​​​​​​

His research in schools explores how educators nurture their students' development of the civic skills, character strengths, and critical consciousness necessary to recognize, analyze, and challenge racial injustice. ​

​​​At ÌÇÐÄVlog, Scott teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on adolescent psychology, transformative teaching and learning, social oppression and transformation, and qualitative research methods.

​​​He also currently serves on advisory boards for a number of youth-serving organizations including the Center for Parent & Teen Communication, Journal of Adolescent Research, and EL Education.​​