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Walter Allen

Allan Murray Cartter Professor of Higher Education

Education Department

Education Studies Minor Program

Student Affairs Program

Higher Education and Organizational Change Division

Moore Hall 3101A-1
405 Hilgard Avenue
Los Angeles , CA 90095-1521

Email: allen@gseis.ucla.edu

Phone: (310) 206-7107

Curriculum Vitae

Education

1. Postdoctoral Study, Psycho-Social Epidemiology, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, 1979
2. Ph.D., Sociology, University of Chicago, 1975
3. M.A., Sociology, University of Chicago, 1973
4. B.A., Sociology, Beloit College (Wisconsin), 1971

Teaching and Research Interests

Comparative race, ethnicity and inequality; diversity in higher education; and family studies

Expertise

Comparative and International Education

Higher Education

Multicultural Education

Select Publications

Allen, Walter R., Erin Kimura-Walsh, Kimberly A. Griffin. "Towards a Brighter Tomorrow: Collge barriers, hopes and plans of Black, Latino/a and Asian American students in California." Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing, 2009.

Allen, Walter R., Uma M. Jayakumar, and Ray Franke. Till Victory is Won: The African American Struggle for Higher Education in California. Los Angeles: "CHOICES" Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, UCLA, 2009.

Panter, A.T., Daye, C.E., Allen, W.R., Wightman, L.F. and Deo, M. "Everyday Discrimination in a National Sample of Incoming Law Students." Journal of Diversity in Higher Education 1, 67-79.

Allen, Walter R., Joseph O. Jewell, Kimberly A. Griffin, and De'Sha Wolf. "Historically Black Colleges and Universities: Then and Now." In V. G. Thomas and F. C. Jones-Wilson, eds., Journal of Negro Education 76, 3: 263-280. 2007.

Allen, Walter R., Marguerite Bonous-Hammarth, and Robert Teranishi (eds.).Higher Education in a Global Society: Achieving Diversity, Equity, and Excellence. Oxford, England: Elsevier Publishers, 2006.