Stephen Russell Elected to National Academy of Education
He is director of the School of Human Ecology and a professor of human development and family sciences at UT.
University of Texas at Austin professor of human development and family sciences and School of Human Ecology director Stephen Russell has been elected into the National Academy of Education. He is among just 22 exceptional education leaders and scholars nationwide elected to membership in the Academy this year.
Russell studies adolescent development, with an emphasis on LGBTQ+ health and wellbeing. He holds the Amy Johnson McLaughlin Administrative Chair in Human Ecology and is the Priscilla Pond Flawn Regents Professor in Child Development at UT Austin, and he serves also as a professor of population health in the Dell Medical School.
“Education, broadly conceived, is foundational to preparing students across ages to navigate the complexities of our democratic experiment in governance, the increased interdependence of our modern world, productive workforce participation and their personal development as humans,” Carol Lee, president of the National Academy of Education. “Our distinguished colleagues now joining the National Academy of Education bring the range of expertise and commitments needed for our field to update itself and wrestle with these complexities continuously. We are delighted and honored that this cohort of scholars will join us in tackling these complexities.”
The National Academy of Education advances high quality education research and its use in policy and practice. The Academy consists of U.S. members and international associates who are elected based on outstanding scholarship or leadership related to education. Nominations are submitted by individual Academy members once a year for review and election by the organization’s membership. In addition to serving on expert study panels that address pressing issues in education, members are also deeply engaged in the Academy’s professional development fellowship programs.
Russell previously has been an elected board member of the National Council on Family Relations, has served as president of the Society for Research on Adolescence and is a long-time member of the Governing Council of the Society for Research in Child Development. He is also on the board of the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine’s Board on Children, Youth and Families.
Adapted from a release by the National Academy of Education.
