Professor, Presidential Chair of Education and Diversity
University of California, Los Angeles
Sandra Graham is a professor in the human development and psychology division in the Department of Education at University of California, Los Angeles, and the University of California Presidential Chair in Education and Diversity. Her major research interests include the study of academic motivation and social development in children of color, particularly in school contexts that vary in racial/ethnic diversity.
She is principal investigator on grants from the National Science Foundation and the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Graham has published widely in developmental, social and educational psychology journals and has received many awards. Among them include the 2011 Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Child Development Award from the Society for Research on Child Development and the 2014 E. L. Thorndike Career Award for Distinguished Contributions to Educational Psychology, Division 15 of the American Psychological Association. In 2015, she was elected to the National Academy of Education.