Jacqueline Irvine Jacqueline Jordan Irvine is the Charles Howard Candler Professor of Urban Education in the Division of Educational Studies at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. She has received distirnguished alumni awards from Georgia State University and Hward University. In 1996 she received the Distinguished Career Award from the American Education Research Association and an award from the Associaton for Supervision and Curriculum Development for exemplary contributions to the education of African American children. Dr. Irvine's specialization is in multicultural education and urban teacher education, particularly the education of African Americans. Her book, Black Students and School Fauilure received two national books awards--The 1991 Outstanding Writing award from The American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE)and the Outstanding Academic Book of 1990 from the Association of College and University Research Librarians. Her most recent books are Growing Up African American in Catholic School and Critical Knowledge for Diverse Students. Currently she works with public school teachers in a center she founded and directs, The Center on Urban Learning/Teaching and Urban Research in Education and Schools (CULTURES). Read More Read Less