JanaNoel (Ph.D. in Philosophy of Education, UCLA) is Professor of Education andformer Director of Educational and Community Research Partnerships at SacramentoState University. Dr. Noel created and coordinated the Sacramento State UrbanTeacher Education Center, which moved a teacher education program off theuniversity campus and into a school serving children from public housing. Herbook on this and other similar programs, MovingTeacher Education into Urban Schools and Communities: Prioritizing CommunityStrengths, received a 2013 Critics Choice Book Award from the AmericanEducational Studies Association. She has published numerous articles andseveral books, and has received both research and service awards. She hasreceived grants from the Spencer Foundation to study the segregatedColored Schools of 1860s California and Native American BoardingSchools of the late 1800s. She currently directs two large, U.S. Department of Educationfunded grants preparing diverse students for educational research and preparingLatinx students to become teachers and advocates in their communities.
