Research Areas:
Professor Irvine's specialization is in multicultural education and urban teacher education, particularly the education of African American students.

Activities & Honors:
Professor Irvine is the director of the Center for Urban Learning/Teaching and Urban Research in Education and Schools (CULTURES). Professor Irvine has received the Distinguished Career Award from the SIG on Black Education of the American Education Research Association, an award from the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development for exemplary contributions to the education of African American children, the 2000 Dewitt-Wallace/AERA Lecture Award, the 2001 AACTE Hunt Lecture, and the 2003 AACTE Lindsey Award for Distinguished Research in Teacher Education. At Emory University's 2000 Commencement ceremony, Professor Irvine received the Thomas Jefferson Award, the highest award given to an Emory University faculty member for service and research. A renowned educator, in 2004 Professor Irvine received the prestigious Crystal Apple Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching. At the 2005 meeting of the American Educational Research Association, she was presented AERA's Social Justice in Education Award for her efforts to advance social justice through education research.

Selected Publications:
• Irvine, J. J. (2003). Educating Teachers for a Diverse Society: Seeing with the Cultural Eye. New York: Teachers College Press.
• Irvine, J. J. (2002). In Search of Wholeness: African American Teachers and Their Culturally Specific Classroom Practices.New York: Palgrave/St . Martin's Press.
• Irvine, J. J., & Armento, B. (2001). (Eds). Culturally Responsive Teaching: Lesson Planning for Elementary and Middle Grades. Boston: McGraw-Hill.
• Irvine, J. J. (1999). The education of children whose nightmares come both day and night. Journal
of Negro Education, 68(3), 244-253.
• Irvine, J. J. (1997). Critical Knowledge for Teachers of Diverse Learners. Washington, D. C.: AACTE.
• Irvine, J. J., & Foster, M. (1996). Growing up African American in Catholic Schools. New York: Teachers College Press.
• Irvine, J.J. (1991). Beyond role models: An examination of cultural influences on the pedagogical perspectives of black teachers. Peabody Journal of Education, 66(4), 51-63.
• Irvine, J. J. (1990). Black Students and School Failure. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
• Irvine, J.J. (1987). Disappearing black educators. Elementary School Journal, 88(5), 503-513.
• Irvine, J.J. (1986). Teacher-student interactions: Effects of student race, sex, and grade level. Journal of Educational Psychology, 78, 14-21.