Genevieve Siegel-Hawley, Ph.D.

Education

• Ph.D. in urban schooling, University of California - Los Angeles
• M.A. in education policy and management, Harvard University
• M.A.T. in secondary social studies, Johns Hopkins University
• B.A. in history/sociology, University of Virginia

Research interests

Race, education and inequality in American schools; the social, economic, legal and political contexts surrounding metropolitan schools; regional-, district- and school-level policies to promote diversity and reduce segregation; the relationship between school and housing segregation

Career highlights

• Received the VCU School of Education Distinguished Scholarship Award in 2019
• National Education Policy Center, UC Boulder, Research Fellow
• Research advisory board member, National Coalition on School Diversity
• Research associate, UCLA Civil Rights Project, 2008-2012

Recent projects

• Siegel-Hawley, G. (2020). A Single Garment: Creating Intentionally Diverse Schools that Benefit All Children. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education Press.
• Race-conscious educational policies in the post Obama era: Separation of powers, federalism and civil society, co-PI, Spencer Foundation.

Recent publications

• Siegel-Hawley, G., Diem., S. & Frankenberg, E. (2018). The Disintegration of Memphis-Shelby County, Tennessee: School District Secession and Local Control in the 21st Century. American Educational Research Journal. https://doi.org/10.3102/0002831217748880
• Frankenberg, E., Siegel-Hawley, G., & Diem, S. (2017). Segregation by Boundary Line: The Fragmentation of Memphis Area Schools. Educational Researcher. https://doi.org/10.3102/0013189X17732752
• Siegel-Hawley, G. (2016). When the fences come down: Twenty-first century lessons from metropolitan school desegregation. Chapel Hill, NC: UNC Press. https://uncpress.org/book/9781469627830/when-the-fences-come-down/

Bio

Dr. Genevieve Siegel-Hawley’s research focuses on examining school segregation and resegregation in U.S. metropolitan areas, along with strategies for promoting inclusive school communities and policy options for a truly integrated society. She teaches courses examining how – and why – equal educational opportunity is distributed so unequally across urban, suburban and exurban districts. Siegel-Hawley is a native of Richmond and a proud graduate of and former teacher in Richmond Public Schools.

Curriculum Vitae