Richard Lofton, Jr.
Richard Lofton, Jr., PhD, an assistant professor of education at the Center for Social Organization of Schools and Johns Hopkins University School of Education, is co-principal investigator for the national evaluation of the Student Success Mentor Initiative, which is funded by the Arnold Foundation. The initiative aims to reduce chronic absenteeism, develop caring relationships within schools and increase successful outcomes for students.
His research explores the Black habitus of African American students and parents and the impact of concentrated poverty on homes, schools and communities. His research examines the importance of uncovering systemic inequalities, illuminating agency and developing meaningful relationships with students and their parents for academic success.
He holds a B.A. in Communications from San Jose State University, a M.S. in Communications from University of Utah, a MPhil from the Teachers College at Columbia University, and a Ph.D. from the Teachers College at Columbia University. He recently completed a two-year postdoctoral fellow at the Center for Social Organization of Schools with Johns Hopkins University.
Fulfilling Maryland’s Promise of a Thorough and Efficient Education
Bearing Strange Fruit: How Baltimore Youth and Families Articulate and Cope with Underinvestment and Lack ...
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Symposium: Fulfilling Maryland’s Promise of a Thorough and Efficient Education
Join us Wed, April 27, 2022 from 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM ET...
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Hopkins on the Hill: How Can We Address Educational Disparities Exacerbated by COVID-19?
Schools have faced unprecedented challenges in the COVID-19 era, including tracking students’ progress and engagement ...
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Plessy’s Tracks: African American students confronting academic placement in a racially diverse school and African American community by Richard Lofton
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NEW Community Research Project, Nobody Asked Me Campaign, Highlights Students’ Voices and Experience to Build a Pathway of Promise
The Nobody Asked Me Campaign is a community research project that seeks to highlight and ...
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A Call to Action: Generating Strategies that Promote Nurturing, Justice, and Equitable Environments in Baltimore
By Richard Lofton, Jr. Download A Call to Action: Generating Strategies that PromoteNurturing, Justice, and Equitable Environments ...
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Schools, Prisons, & Concentrated Poverty
October 3, 20199:00 am - 4:00 pmJohns Hopkins University, Glass Pavilion at Levering Hall3400 N. ...
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Delineating the “duplicity of equality” in academic placement for African American families
The Duplicity of Equality: An Analysis of Academic Placement in a Racially Diverse School and ...
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Toward a Black Habitus: African Americans Navigating Systemic Inequalities within Home, School, and Community
Toward a Black Habitus: African Americans Navigating Systemic Inequalities within Home, School, and Community Richard Lofton ...
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