Pedro Noguera

Pedro Noguera is the Dean of the Rossier School of Education, and Distinguished Professor of Education at USC. He is one of the nation’s leading scholars on issues related to race, inequality, and education.  Prior to coming to USC he held endowed chairs at UCLA, NYU, Harvard and the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of 15 books. His most recent book A Search for Common Ground with Rick Hess was the winner of the American Association of Publishers Prose Award in 2021. Noguera serves as an advisor to several states, school districts, foundations, NGOs and nonprofits. In 2014 he was elected to the National Academy of Education and Phi Delta Kappa honor society, and in 2020 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Noguera has received eight honorary doctorates from American universities, most recently from his Alma Mater, Brown University.  He has received awards from the Center for the Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University, the National Association of Secondary School Principals, and from the McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and Research at NYU for his research and advocacy efforts aimed at fighting poverty. In 2023 he was ranked 1st in the nation for influence and impact in the field of education, by Education Week. Born in NY City to Caribbean immigrants, Noguera is the father of five children, and grandfather to five.

He has received numerous awards, including:

  • 1997 Wellness Foundation Award for Research on Youth Violence
  • 1997 University of California's Distinguished Teaching Award
  • 2001 Honorary Doctorate, University of San Francisco
  • 2001 Centennial Medal, Philadelphia University
  • 2003 Forward Magazine Gold Award (City Schools and the American Dream)
  • 2003 AESA Critics Choice Book Award (City Schools and the American Dream)
  • 2005 Whitney Young Award for Leadership in Education
  • 2006 Eugene Carrothers Award for Public Service
  • 2008 Schott Foundation Award for Research on Race and Gender
  • 2008 AESA Critics Choice Book Award (The Trouble With Black Boys)
  • 2009 Scholastic Corporation Education Hero Award
  • 2011 Honorary Doctorate, Bank Street College
  • 2012 Honorary Doctorate, Metropolitan College of New York
  • 2013 Honorary Doctorate Lewis and Clark College
  • 2013 Kappa Delta Pi Laureate
  • 2014 National Academy of Education
  • 2014 Education Justice Award, Educational Law Center, Rutgers University
  • 2014 Award for distinguished scholarship, Advanced Center for the Behavioral Sciences