Russell Skiba
{{short description|American educational psychologist}}
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| nationality = American
| fields = Educational psychology, educational research
| workplaces = Indiana University
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| alma_mater = University of Minnesota
| thesis_title = Accuracy and representativeness of behavioral observation as a function of sampling strategy and type of behavior
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| thesis_year = 1987
| doctoral_advisor = Stan Deno{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oWwvAQAAIAAJ |title=Dissertation Abstracts International: The humanities and social sciences. A |date=1988 |publisher=University Microfilms |pages=2293 |language=en}}
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| awards = Push for Excellence Award from Rainbow/PUSH, 2011 School Psychology Review article of the year award
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Russell John Skiba is an American educational psychologist known for researching school discipline and school violence. He is a professor in the school psychology program at Indiana University, where he directs PBIS Indiana, a program aimed at developing a network of Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports across Indiana. He also co-directs Indiana University's Equity Project, which aims to provide evidence regarding zero-tolerance policies, educational equity, and school violence to policymakers, and directs the Discipline Disparities Research to Practice Collaborative, a group aimed at bringing researchers together with policymakers to address disproportionality in school discipline. He has received the Push for Excellence Award from Rainbow/PUSH for his work on racial disproportionality in school suspensions.{{cite web | url=http://www.indiana.edu/~pbisin/staff/profile.php?sid=5 | title=Russell Skiba | work=PBIS Indiana | accessdate=5 May 2017}}
Education
Skiba received his M.A. and Ph.D. in educational psychology from the University of Minnesota in 1983 and 1987, respectively.{{cite web | url=http://education.indiana.edu/dotnetforms/Profile.aspx?u=skiba | title=Russell Skiba Profile | work=Indiana University School of Education | accessdate=5 May 2017}}
Work
Skiba is known for his work on school discipline and how it is affected by student race.{{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/2011/07/18/gIQAV0sZMI_story.html |title=Study shows wide varieties in discipline methods among very similar schools |last=George |first=Donna St |date=2011-07-19 |newspaper=Washington Post |access-date=2017-09-27 |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/researchers-point-to-racial-disparities-in-school-suspension-spotlight-new-practices/2014/03/14/0017cd98-aaa7-11e3-adbc-888c8010c799_story.html |title=Researchers point to racial disparities in school suspension, spotlight new practices |last=George |first=Donna St |date=2014-03-14 |newspaper=Washington Post |access-date=2017-09-27 |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}} In 2002, for example, he published a study showing that black students tended to be disciplined for more subjective offenses than were white students.{{Cite news |url=https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Education/2015/0827/Report-13-Southern-states-suspend-black-students-at-much-higher-rates |title=Report: 13 Southern states suspend black students at much higher rates |last=Gass |first=Henry |date=2015-08-27 |work=Christian Science Monitor |access-date=2017-09-27 |issn=0882-7729}} In 2008, Skiba was the lead author of a task force report on zero-tolerance policies in schools released by the American Psychological Association. The report concluded that these policies were not only ineffective, but also counterproductive, in that they increased the chances of future student misbehavior.{{cite web | url=http://prospect.org/article/rethinking-school-discipline | title=Rethinking School Discipline | work=The American Prospect | date=2 November 2016 | accessdate=5 May 2017 | author=Cohen, Rachel M.}}
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External links
- [http://education.indiana.edu/dotnetforms/Profile.aspx?u=skiba Faculty page]
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Category:University of Minnesota College of Education and Human Development alumni
Category:American educational psychologists
Category:21st-century American psychologists
Category:Indiana University faculty
Category:Educational researchers
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