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James D. Anderson, Ph.D., professor of history and chair of the Department of Educational Policy Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, will deliver the Wilma Koetter Memorial Lecture Thursday, Jan. 28, at the Women's Building Formal Lounge. The 4 p.m. lecture will be preceded by a 3:30 reception.
The lecture, titled "African-American Education: Historical Meaning and Contemporary Issues," is presented by the Departments of Education and African and Afro-American Studies.
A highly regarded speaker, Anderson has explored such topics as race and education, racial issues in American history, school desegregation in the United States, American school reform and school policy, and American higher and graduate education reform and policy.
Anderson has worked in different capacities to increase the representation of minorities and critically examine the effects of racism at a variety of institutions, in professional associations in history and in education and with the National Academy of Sciences. The latest of his publications is "Philanthropy, the State, and the Development of Historically Black Public Colleges: The Case of Mississippi."
The lecture is given in honor of Wilma Koetter, who for 15 years served as a secretary in the education department. In 1947, three members of Koetter's family established an annual award to honor her service to the department.
