Ali Michael

Ali Michael, Ph.D., is a researcher and educator whose work focuses on race, Whiteness, and education in K–12 schools and teacher preparation. She is the co-founder and co-director of the Race Institute for K–12 Educators and has served as director of K–12 consulting and professional development at the Center for the Study of Race and Equity in Education at the University of Pennsylvania. Michael earned a BA in political science and African studies from Williams College, an MA in anthropology and education from Teachers College, Columbia University, and a PhD in teacher education from the University of Pennsylvania. She teaches in the mid-career doctoral program at the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education and in the Graduate Counseling Program at Arcadia University.

Michael is the author of Raising Race Questions: Whiteness, Inquiry, and Education, which received the Society of Professors of Education Outstanding Book Award, and co-editor of Everyday White People Confront Racial and Social Injustice: 15 Stories. As part of multiracial editorial teams, she has co-edited The Guide for White Women Who Teach Black Boys and Teaching Beautiful Brilliant Black Girls, along with other works that support educators in addressing race and equity in schools. She works with schools and organizations across the United States to make research on race and education accessible and to support white educators and parents in engaging productively with issues