Russell John Skiba is an American educational psychologist known for researching school discipline and school violence. He is a professor in the school psychology program at Indiana University, where he directs PBIS Indiana, a program aimed at developing a network of Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports across Indiana. He also co-directs Indiana University's Equity Project, which aims to provide evidence regarding zero-tolerance policies, educational equity, and school violence to policymakers, and directs the Discipline Disparities Research to Practice Collaborative, a group aimed at bringing researchers together with policymakers to address disproportionality in school discipline.[2] He has received the Push for Excellence Award from Rainbow/PUSH for his work on racial disproportionality in school suspensions.[3]
Russell John Skiba | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Minnesota |
| Awards | Push for Excellence Award from Rainbow/PUSH, 2011 School Psychology Review article of the year award |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Educational psychology, educational research |
| Institutions | Indiana University |
| Thesis | Accuracy and representativeness of behavioral observation as a function of sampling strategy and type of behavior (1987) |
| Doctoral advisor | Stan Deno[1] |
Education
editSkiba received his M.A. and Ph.D. in educational psychology from the University of Minnesota in 1983 and 1987, respectively.[2]
Work
editSkiba is known for his work on school discipline and how it is affected by student race.[4][5] In 2002, for example, he published a study showing that black students tended to be disciplined for more subjective offenses than were white students.[6] In 2008, Skiba was the lead author of a task force report on zero-tolerance policies in schools released by the American Psychological Association. The report concluded that these policies were not only ineffective, but also counterproductive, in that they increased the chances of future student misbehavior.[7]
References
edit- ^ Dissertation Abstracts International: The humanities and social sciences. A. University Microfilms. 1988. p. 2293.
- ^ a b "Russell Skiba Profile". Indiana University School of Education. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
- ^ "Russell Skiba". PBIS Indiana. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
- ^ George, Donna St (2011-07-19). "Study shows wide varieties in discipline methods among very similar schools". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2017-09-27.
- ^ George, Donna St (2014-03-14). "Researchers point to racial disparities in school suspension, spotlight new practices". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2017-09-27.
- ^ Gass, Henry (2015-08-27). "Report: 13 Southern states suspend black students at much higher rates". Christian Science Monitor. ISSN 0882-7729. Retrieved 2017-09-27.
- ^ Cohen, Rachel M. (2 November 2016). "Rethinking School Discipline". The American Prospect. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
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