Bridging Leadership, Policy, & Practice

Dr. Douglass convened a strategy session with leading educational researchers at the 2025 AERA Annual Meeting, providing opportunities to discuss an agenda for Black education policy and refine the Gordon Institute’s policy agenda and priorities as a university-based research institute.

As of April 2025, Dr. Douglass serves as Vice President of AERA Division L: Educational Policy and Politics, which provides a national forum for dissemination and discussion of research that advances understanding of how educational policy is developed and implemented and how policy impacts educational organizations and the students they serve.

This will provide yet another opportunity to leverage policy research with scholars at the Gordon Institute, members of the Division, and existing collaborations with colleagues and organizations in Brazil, South Africa, and Ghana.