Dr. Yolanda Abel

Biography

Yolanda Abel is an Associate Professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Education, where she specializes in advanced studies in education. She is a faculty affiliate at the Center for Social Organization of Schools, the Center for Safe and Healthy Schools, and the Center for Africana Studies. Her academic contributions have been published in various journals, including the American Educational Research Journal and the Journal of Negro Education. Abel has taken on leadership roles within the American Educational Research Association, particularly as past chair of the Family School Community Partnership Special Interest Group. Her dissertation, titled 'African-American Father Involvement in Children’s School-Based Lives,' received the Judith Ruchkin Research Award from the Maryland Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development in 2008. She has been recognized for her mentorship, receiving the inaugural Excellence in Mentorship Award in 2017, which highlights her commitment to providing quality mentoring experiences for junior faculty at her institution. In 2019, she was honored with an Honorable Mention for the Provost’s Prize for Faculty Excellence in Diversity.

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