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Carol Lee

(she/her/hers)
Professor Emerita
School of Education and Social Policy
1991-2020

Professor Emerita Carol Lee was the second Black woman to earn tenure at the School of Education and Social Policy at Northwestern University. Her pioneering scholarship on “cultural modeling” has become standard education technique in U.S. classrooms. She is a member of the National Academy of Education and the recipient of numerous awards, including the 2021 McGraw Prize in Education. Read more about Carol Lee.