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Tyrone Howard
Professor
Tyrone Howard is a professor of education in the School of Education & Information Studies at UCLA. His research addresses issues tied to race, culture, access and educational opportunity for minoritized student populations. Professor Howard is the author of several best-selling books, including “Why Race & Culture Matters in Schools” (Teachers College Press) and “All Students Must Thrive” (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt). He is a native of Compton, California, where he also served as a classroom teacher. Professor Howard is a member of the National Academy of Education and is an AERA Fellow.
Departments
Programs
- Education Undergraduate Program
- Educational Leadership Program
- Mann UCLA Community School
- Teacher Education Program
- Urban Schooling
Interests
- Education of Boys and Men of Color
- Race and Education
- Race, Class, Gender, and Education Equity
- Sociology of Education
- Teacher Education
Expertise
- Diversity
- Equity
- Ethnic Issues
- Multicultural Education
- Social Studies Education
- Underserved Students
Research Centers
Titles and Positions
- Professor of Education
- Pritzker Family Endowed Chair of Education
- Director, UCLA Black Male Institute
- Director, UCLA Pritzker Center for Strengthening Children & Families
- Faculty Director, UCLA Center for the Transformation of Schools
Education
- Ph.D., University of Washington
- M.Ed., California State University, Dominguez Hills
- B.A., University of California, Irvine
Awards, Honors and Fellowships
- Member, National Academy of Education
- American Education Research Association Fellow
- UCLA Distinguished Teaching Award
Select Publications
- Howard, T.C. (2020). Why race and culture matter in schools: Closing the achievement gap in America’s classrooms. (2nd edition). New York: Teachers College Press.
- Howard, J.R., McCall, T., & Howard, T.C. (2020). No more teaching without positive relationships. Portsmouth, New Hampshire: Heineman Publishers.
- Howard, T.C., Camangian, P., Edwards, E.J. Howard, M., Minkoff, A.C., Orange, T., Tunstall, J.D., Watson, K.T. (2019). All students must thrive. Transforming schools to combat toxic stressors and cultivate critical wellness. Rexford, NY: International Center for Leadership in Education.
- Howard, T.C., Tunstall, J.D., & Flennaugh, T.K. (2016). Expanding college access for urban youth: What schools and colleges can do. New York: Teachers College Press.
- Howard, T.C. (2021, in press). Culturally relevant teaching: A pivot for pedagogical transformation & racial reckoning. Educational Forum.
- Howard, T.C., & Howard, J.R. (2021). “Radical care” to let Black boys thrive. Educational Leadership, 78(6) 22-29.
- Howard, T.C., Woodward, B., Navarro, O., Haro, B.N., Watson, K., & Huerta, A. (2019). Renaming the narrative, reclaiming their humanity: Black and Latino males’ descriptions of success. Teachers College Record, 121(5) 1-32.