Cynthia Dillard, the Mary Frances Early Professor of Teacher Education, received the American Educational Research Association’s 2012 Distinguished Contributions to Gender Equity in Education Research Award. It is presented in recognition of distinguished research, professional practice and activities that advance public understanding of gender and/or sexuality in the education community.
Dillard’s major research interests include critical multicultural education, spirituality in teaching and learning, epistemological concerns in research and African/African-American feminist studies. Most recently, her research has focused in Ghana, West Africa, where she established a preschool and an elementary school.
