Professor Bowman’s remarks will focus on the role of urban public education in socially engaged research and racial policy reform. This event is free and open to the public.
ABOUT PHILLIP J. BOWMAN A social psychologist by training, Phillip Bowman’s scholarship focuses on diversity issues in research methodology, higher education and public policy, racial/ethnic disparities and African American Studies. He is a former Director of IRRPP (2000-2006) and the founding Director of the National Center for Institutional Diversity at the University of Michigan. He also holds appointments at the Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education, the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, the Center for the Study of Group Dynamics at the Institute for Social Research, and the National Poverty Center at the Gerald Ford School of Public Policy. Professor Bowman is an international lecturer and consultant on race, ethnicity, and public policy issues.
ABOUT THE PHILLIP J. BOWMAN ANNUAL LECTURE The Phillip J. Bowman lecture has been established to honor Phillip J. Bowman’s contributions to UIC during his tenure as Director of IRRPP and Professor of African American Studies. During his time at the University, Dr. Bowman was an influential campus leader and a champion of administrative accountability with regard to faculty diversity, student achievement, and issues of access. He challenged the university to implement campus policy that fulfilled UIC’s mission as an urban public research university serving the City of Chicago. And it was under his leadership as Director of IRRPP that the Institutional Board of Higher Education approved the Institute as a formal campus unit. His visionary leadership and strategic instincts continue to guide the work of the Institute today. The annual lecture established in his name will feature national scholars of race, ethnicity, and public policy who provide timely analysis of issues of critical importance to the field and to communities of color.
