University of Rhode Island professor awarded National Academy of Education fellowship study

KINGSTON, R.I. (WLNE) — A University of Rhode Island professor was been awarded a National Academy of Education fellowship to study students of color’s response to anti-Black curriculums.

Tashal Brown, an Assistant Professor of Urban Education and Secondary Studies at URI, was awarded $70,000 in grant money from the National Academy of Education for the study.

Brown will work with Rhode Island’s urban middle and high schools for her studies to “formulate interventions for educational environments where Black histories, cultures, and literacies are affirmed and valued.”

According to a release, Brown was one of only one of National Academy of Education/Spencer Fellowship Awardees from over 240 applications.

“The NAEd/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship is a prestigious and highly competitive opportunity for early career faculty. Being selected for this award demonstrates the importance and brilliance of Dr. Brown’s work, which has the potential to shape the educational experiences of Black students an educators in Rhode Island and beyond,” said Danielle Dennis, dean of the Feinstein College of Education.