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Walter Allen

Faculty Research

Fifth Anniversary of UCLA Bunche Fellows Celebrates Professor Walter Allen

June 26, 2025

Event on May 29 honored the achievements of UCLA graduate and undergraduates centered on the study of Black life; vision […]

DeMarcus Jenkins
Alumni News

DeMarcus Jenkins: Penn Professor and Researcher Examines Relationship Between Housing and Education

August 3, 2023

Urban Schooling alumnus is co-PI on national study of HUD’s Choice Neighborhoods Initiative.

Walter Allen
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Walter Allen: Building Capacity for All College Students

December 7, 2022

Scholar of Black and Brown trajectories in education brings expertise to African institutions and UCLA’s Bunche Fellows Program.

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Walter Allen, Patricia Gándara Named to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

April 29, 2022

UCLA School of Education and Information Studies faculty members Walter Allen and Patricia Gandara have been named to the American […]

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AERA Spotlight: UCLA Education Showcased in Presidential Sessions

April 20, 2022

Wide range of UCLA educational expertise and research showcased through in-person and virtual sessions.

AERA 2022
Faculty News

UCLA at AERA 2022 – A Preview

April 14, 2022

UCLA SEIS will participate in more than 150 sessions exploring the AERA Conference theme, “Cultivating Equitable Education Systems for the 21st Century.”

Walter Allen
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Walter R. Allen Honored with John Hope Franklin Award

February 25, 2020

UCLA’s Allan Murray Cartter Professor of Higher Education recognized for his work on opportunity and achievement for students of color.

Walter Allen
UCLA Ed&IS Magazine

UCLA Ed & IS Magazine: Walter Allen Honors W.E.B. Du Bois at AERA

November 5, 2018

The Allan Murray Cartter Professor of Higher Education will be inducted into the National Academy of Education this month.

Walter Allen
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Walter R. Allen Serves as Consultant, Appears in PBS Documentary on Historically Black Colleges and Universities

February 14, 2018

UCLA Distinguished Professor served on advisory panel for “Tell Them We Are Rising,” to air Feb. 19 as part of “Independent Lens” series.

The Latest

Prison-to-School Pipeline: UCLA Ed Researchers Present Findings at AERA

June 5, 2016

While working at the LA-based nonprofit Homeboy Industries, Luis Giraldo (’10, M.A., Higher Education and Organizational Change) had a firsthand […]

Walter Allen
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Walter Allen Honored with AERA’s Scholars of Color Distinguished Career Contribution Award

May 18, 2016

Allen is the Allan Murray Cartter Professor of Higher Education and a Distinguished Professor of Education, Sociology and African American Studies at UCLA.

Daniel Solorzano
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Daniel Solorzano: Naming the Pain of Microaggressions

March 21, 2016

In 2001, after hearing a presentation given at the University of Michigan by Professors Daniel Solorzano and Walter Allen on […]

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