H. Richard Milner IV is Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Education in the Department of Teaching and Learning. He also holds a secondary appointment as Professor of Sociology in the College of Arts and Science at Vanderbilt University. Previously, Professor Milner was a high school English teacher and a community college instructor. Prior to rejoining Vanderbilt’s faculty in 2018, Professor Milner spent five years as Helen Faison Professor of Urban Education, professor of education, and by courtesy, Professor of Sociology, Professor of Social Work, and Professor of Africana Studies at the University of Pittsburgh. While at Pitt, he directed the university’s Center for Urban Education. Professor Milner examines what he has come to call consequential educational policies and practices that shape students’ opportunities to learn. The first Black person to earn tenure and promotion at Vanderbilt’s Peabody College of Education and Human Development, Professor Milner is a past President of the American Educational Research Association, the largest educational research organization in the world. He is an elected member of the National Academy of Education and a Fellow of the American Educational Research Association. Professor Milner’s work has appeared in numerous journals, and he has authored or edited eight books.
