Jacqueline Rivers

Graduate Student in African American Studies / Sociology

Biographical Note

Jacqueline Cooke Rivers is currently a doctoral student in African-American Studies and Sociology. She is also a Doctoral Fellow in the Multidisciplinary Program in Inequality & Social Policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government. Jacqueline Rivers earned her AB/AM in Pyschology & Social Relations, with an emphasis on Cognitive Psychology at Harvard in 1983/84. Jacqueline was the founder and Executive Director of MathPower, a leading community based non-profit in Boston for mathematics education reform in urban schools. From 2001-2004, she also served Executive Director for the National TenPoint Leadership Foundation. Interests: Research that contributes to the understanding and amelioration of black academic underachievement, with a focus on culture, family, and schools.

02/02/2009

Research Interests

Research that contributes to the understanding and amelioration of black academic underachievement, with a focus on culture, family, and schools.

Previous Degrees

AB/AM Psychology, Harvard University '83/'84

Miscellaneous Additional Information

Optional Sections on General Exams

Race and Culture

Grants Received

Doctoral Fellowship in the Multidisciplinary Program in Inequality & Social Policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government

Contact

617-496-3852 (Phone)
617-496-5794 (FAX)

643 William James Hall
33 Kirkland Street
Cambridge, MA 02138