UW–Madison’s Erica Turner has received an honorable mention for the American Sociology Association’s Pierre Bourdieu Award for the Best Book in Sociology of Education.
Turner is an associate professor with the School of Education’s Department of Educational Policy Studies. Her research examines racism and inequity — and efforts to challenge those — in education policy and practice.
Turner’s book that led to this honor is, “Suddenly Diverse: How School Districts Manage Race and Inequality,” which was published in 2020 by the University of Chicago Press. The book provides an ethnographic account of two school districts in the Midwest responding to rapidly changing demographics at their schools.
The Bourdieu Best Book Award is given annually to honor the best book in the field of the sociology of education published in the preceding two years.
This is not the first accolade Turner has received for “Suddenly Diverse.” She also was awarded the 2021 Erickson and Hornberger Outstanding Ethnography in Education Book Award from the University of Pennsylvania’s Ethnography in Education Research Forum earlier this year.
Learn more about “Suddenly Diverse” on the University of Chicago Press website.