Rick Hess is the director of Education Policy Studies at the American Enterprise Institute and the author of Education Week’s Rick Hess Straight Up opinion blog. He is the creator of the annual RHSU Edu-Scholar Rankings.
CORRECTED Today, we unveil the 2020 RHSU Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings, ranking the university-based scholars in the U.S. who did the most last year to shape educational practice and policy. Simply being included in this list of 200 scholars is an accomplishment, given the 20,000 or more who might qualify. The list includes the top finishers from last year, augmented by “at-large” nominees chosen by the 29-member selection committee (see yesterday’s post for a list of committee members, an explanation of the selection process, and all the salacious methodological details).
Without further ado, here are the 2020 rankings (scroll through the chart to see all names and scores). Please note that all university affiliations reflect a scholar’s institution as of December 2019.
The 2020 RHSU Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings
Ranking
Name
Affiliation
Google Scholar
Book Points
Highest Amazon
Syllabus Points
Newspaper Mentions
Education Press
Web Mentions
Congressional Record
Twitter
Total
Twitter Handle
1
Carol Dweck
Stanford
50
4
20
10
27
27
25
0
0
163
2
Linda Darling-Hammond
Stanford
50
20
16
9
16
20
25
0
6.5
162.5
LDH_ed
3
Howard Gardner
Harvard
50
20
16.4
10
10
7
25
0
5.6
144
DrHowardGardner
4
Jo Boaler
Stanford
45
20
19.6
10
4
12
25
0
7.3
142.9
joboaler
5
Raj Chetty
Harvard
49
0.5
0
2.3
30
28
25
5
0
139.8
6
Diane Ravitch
NYU
48
20
14.9
10
5
10
23.9
0
7.8
139.6
DianeRavitch
7
Pedro Noguera
UCLA
43
10
9.8
2.6
30
12
22
0
6.4
135.8
PedroANoguera
8
Gloria Ladson-Billings
U. Wisconsin-Madison
50
19
15.4
10
4
18
12.9
0
5.1
134.4
gjladson
9
Sara Goldrick-Rab
Temple
30
3
12.6
0.3
30
24
25
0
7.8
132.7
saragoldrickrab
10
Angela Duckworth
U. Penn
50
2
19.9
3.1
21
5
25
0
6.4
132.4
angeladuckw
11
Richard Rothstein
UC Berkeley
40
13
19.9
3.9
24
1
25
0
0
126.8
12
Carol A. Tomlinson
U. Virginia
50
20
18.2
10
0
14
4.8
0
3.4
120.4
cat3y
13
Eric (Rick) A. Hanushek
Stanford
50
13.5
0
5.2
10
14
25
0
1
118.7
EricHanushek
14
Daniel Willingham
U. Virginia
50
11
17.3
8.6
7
8
8.8
0
6.9
117.6
DTWillingham
15
Gary Orfield
UCLA
50
20
0
1.7
17
0
17.2
0
4.2
110
orfieldtweet
16
Sam Wineburg
Stanford
48
6
17.6
10
9
5
7.8
0
5.9
109.3
samwineburg
17
Andy Hargreaves
Boston College
50
18.5
9.3
4.4
0
4
16
0
6.2
108.3
HargreavesBC
18 (tie)
Robert E. Slavin
Johns Hopkins
50
20
10
10
3
1
8.4
0
4.3
106.7
RobertSlavin
18 (tie)
David L. Kirp
UC Berkeley
34
19.5
14.1
1.9
19
2
12.5
0
3.7
106.7
DavidKirp
20
Yong Zhao
U. Kansas
50
20
12.3
1.8
0
5
8.4
0
5.8
103.4
YongZhaoEd
21
Claude Steele
Stanford
50
2
18.7
9.2
9
2
11.7
0
0.1
102.8
cmasonsteele
22
Shaun R. Harper
USC
50
8
7.5
4
5
12
10.9
0
5.2
102.7
DrShaunHarper
23
Larry Cuban
Stanford
50
20
12.5
4.7
0
6
4.7
0
4
102
CubanLarry
24
Marc Lamont Hill
Temple
16
9
10.7
0.5
30
1
25
0
9
101.2
marclamonthill
25
Rich Milner
Vanderbilt
48
8
15.8
1.4
3
14
4.2
0
5.7
100.1
MilnerHRich
26
Josh Angrist
MIT
50
1
17.9
1.6
1
0
23.8
0
4.6
99.9
metrics52
27
Nel Noddings
Stanford
50
20
7.4
10
1
0
8.8
0
0
97.2
28
William (Bill) G. Tierney
USC
50
20
0
0.9
13
2
9.3
0
1.8
96.9
TierneyBill
29
David C. Berliner
Arizona State
50
11.5
9.3
4.3
2
6
12.1
0
0.9
96.2
DavidCBerliner
30
Bruce D. Baker
Rutgers
36
6
0
0.4
26
4
16.5
0
6.9
95.8
SchlFinance101
31
Rob Reich
Stanford
24
6
16.9
0.4
23
1
18.3
0
6
95.7
robreich
32
Terry M. Moe
Stanford
50
15
9.3
8.8
3
2
7.2
0
0
95.3
33
Paul E. Peterson
Harvard
50
20
0
6.2
4
2
12.1
0
0.5
94.8
Paul_E_Peterson
34
Robert Kelchen
Seton Hall
14
2
0
0
30
30
11.9
0
6.2
94.1
rkelchen
35
Robert (Bob) C. Pianta
U. Virginia
50
9.5
4.1
6.5
3
0
20.6
0
0.1
93.9
bobpianta
36
Richard (Dick) Elmore
Harvard
50
17.5
12.4
2.9
0
8
2.8
0
0.1
93.7
RichardElmore3
37
Henry (Hank) Levin
Columbia (TC)
50
20
10.1
2.6
1
0
4.3
5
0
93
38
Catherine Snow
Harvard
50
20
0
9.4
5
0
8.5
0
0
92.9
39
Richard (Dick) J. Murnane
Harvard
50
6.5
15
3.3
0
2
9.8
5
0
91.6
40
Caroline M. Hoxby
Stanford
50
0
0
2.7
16
9
12.8
0
0
90.5
41
Greg J. Duncan
UC Irvine
50
7
6
3.3
5
0
16.5
0
0
87.8
42
Sarah E. Turner
U. Virginia
36
1.5
0
0.2
9
13
25
0
1.1
85.8
turnersarahe
43
Jeannie Oakes
UCLA
50
10.5
9.1
8.6
0
2
4.6
0
0.8
85.6
Jeannie_Oakes
44
Gene V. Glass
Arizona State
50
14.5
1.5
4.4
0
2
10.5
0
2.2
85.1
GeneVGlass
45
Bruce Fuller
UC Berkeley
50
14.5
0
1
9
2
7.9
0
0
84.4
46
Jack P. Shonkoff
Harvard
43
1.5
0
6.6
7
1
24.2
0
0
83.3
47
Sean F. Reardon
Stanford
50
0.5
0
0.3
15
8
7.8
0
0.6
82.1
seanfreardon
48 (tie)
Patrick J. Wolf
U. Arkansas
38
1.5
0
0.6
9
2
25
0
5.6
81.7
P_Diddy_Wolf
48 (tie)
Nell K. Duke
U. Michigan
35
12
14.5
2.1
2
2
7.9
0
6.2
81.7
nellkduke
50
W. Steven Barnett
Rutgers
50
6
0
1.7
9
2
12.6
0
0.1
81.4
wstevenbarnett
51
Marybeth Gasman
Rutgers
40
20
0
0.8
3
3
7
0
7.2
81
marybethgasman
52
William (Bill) F. Tate
Washington U.
28
3.5
0
0.4
30
6
7.8
0
4.7
80.4
WFTate4
53
Tyrone Howard
UCLA
33
7.5
11.3
1.7
11
2
8.4
0
5.4
80.3
TyroneCHoward
54
Mike Rose
UCLA
28
13
12.5
10
0
0
16.6
0
0
80.1
55
Tressie McMillan Cottom
VCU
8
7
19.4
0
14
16
7
0
8.3
79.8
tressiemcphd
56
Richard M. Ingersoll
U. Penn
50
2
0
0.7
12
8
6.8
0
0
79.5
57
Marcelo Suarez-Orozco
UCLA
44
14
4.5
1
2
0
10.6
0
3.3
79.4
uclagseis_dean
58
Martin Carnoy
Stanford
50
20
0
2.7
0
0
6.6
0
0
79.3
59
Michael Kirst
Stanford
50
13
0
1.5
6
4
2.5
0
2.1
79.1
Michael_Kirst
60
John Rogers
UCLA
18
0
0
0.5
28
6
25
0
0
77.5
61
Richard Arum
UC Irvine
31
11.5
8
4.1
5
8
9.2
0
0
76.9
62
Jonathan Plucker
Johns Hopkins
50
6.5
0
2
5
2
4.6
0
6.1
76.2
JonathanPlucker
63
Jonathan Zimmerman
U. Penn
12
13
0
1.8
30
9
9.5
0
0
75.3
64
Daniel Koretz
Harvard
41
8
10.8
2.6
8
3
1.7
0
0.1
75.2
DanKoretz
65
Christopher Lubienski
Indiana
43
3.5
6.2
0.3
2
0
13.7
0
6
74.7
CLub_edu
66
Joseph Murphy
Vanderbilt
50
20
0
0.8
0
0
3.5
0
0
74.3
67
Patricia Gandara
UCLA
50
5.5
0
1.4
10
0
6.9
0
0.1
73.9
pcgandara
68
Larry V. Hedges
Northwestern
50
1.5
6.2
1.7
0
8
6.1
0
0
73.5
69 (tie)
Helen (Sunny) F. Ladd
Duke
50
11.5
0
2.8
2
0
7.1
0
0.1
73.4
sunnyladd
69 (tie)
James L. Moore III
Ohio State
35
2.5
0
0.1
5
0
25
0
5.8
73.4
DrJLMooreIII
69 (tie)
Susan M. Dynarski
U. Michigan
33
0
0
2
9
7
10.8
5
6.6
73.4
dynarski
72
Joshua Aronson
NYU
39
4
16.4
5.9
0
0
3.7
0
4.1
73.1
Nurtureofintell
73 (tie)
Jal Mehta
Harvard
22
4.5
18.2
1.2
8
8
5.7
0
5.1
72.8
jal_mehta
73 (tie)
Christopher Emdin
Columbia (TC)
18
7
19.5
0.1
4
8
8.8
0
7.4
72.8
chrisemdin
73 (tie)
Jay P. Greene
U. Arkansas
44
4.5
0
0.3
1
10
7.5
0
5.5
72.8
jaypgreene
76 (tie)
Dan Goldhaber
U. Washington
50
0.5
0
0.4
2
8
7.1
0
4.7
72.7
CEDR_US
76 (tie)
Jesse Rothstein
UC Berkeley
31
0
0
2.7
9
0
25
5
0
72.7
78 (tie)
Stephen W. Raudenbush
U. Chicago
50
4
0.6
10
0
0
8
0
0
72.5
78 (tie)
Marilyn Cochran-Smith
Boston College
50
9.5
0
3.3
0
0
9.6
0
0
72.5
80 (tie)
H. Samy Alim
UCLA
32
6.5
12.7
1
2
4
8.4
0
5.6
72.1
HSamyAlim
80 (tie)
Gary T. Henry
U. Delaware
40
7.5
15.8
4.4
0
2
2.2
0
0.1
72.1
gthenry4
82
Jacob L. Vigdor
U. Washington
45
2
0
2.9
8
1
7.7
0
5.4
72
JakeVigdor
83
Thomas S. Dee
Stanford
47
0
0
1.4
9
4
6.4
0
4
71.7
Thomas_S_Dee
84
Estela Mara Bensimon
USC
33
8.5
13.2
0.4
4
2
4.8
0
5.5
71.4
ebensimon
85 (tie)
Charles T. Clotfelter
Duke
50
8.5
0
1.4
3
4
3.8
0
0.1
70.9
CTClotfelter
85 (tie)
Jeffrey R. Henig
Columbia (TC)
41
14.5
0
0.8
0
8
3.2
0
3.4
70.9
J_Henig
87
Erica Frankenberg
Penn State
33
3
0
0.4
16
6
6.7
0
5.6
70.7
e_frankenberg
88
Hirokazu Yoshikawa
NYU
50
5.5
0
5.1
1
0
6
0
2.9
70.6
HiroYoshikawaNY
89
James P. Comer
Yale
39
20
0
1.8
6
0
3.7
0
0.1
70.5
drjamescomer
90
Ken Zeichner
U. Washington
50
9
0
2.9
2
0
2.7
0
3.8
70.3
zeichnerkm
91
David Figlio
Northwestern
48
0
0
0.7
2
10
9.4
0
0
70.2
92
James P. Spillane
Northwestern
50
8.5
0
2.4
0
0
5.3
0
4
70.1
jamespspillane
93
Donna Ford
Ohio State
50
8.5
0.9
2
0
2
2.6
0
4
70
donnayford
94
Thomas Kane
Harvard
50
2.5
0
1.3
2
6
8
0
0
69.8
95
Megan Franke
UCLA
40
2.5
15.9
0.5
0
0
3.5
0
5.4
67.8
meganlfranke
96
Laura W. Perna
U. Penn
50
5
0
0.6
0
2
5.1
0
5
67.7
lauraperna1
97
Deborah Loewenberg Ball
U. Michigan
50
1
0
0.4
6
0
4.9
0
5.3
67.6
deborah_ball
98 (tie)
Adam Gamoran
U. Wisconsin-Madison
50
3
0
0.7
0
2
5.3
0
5.7
66.7
agamoran
98 (tie)
Lynn Fuchs
Vanderbilt
50
1.5
8.2
3.3
1
0
2.6
0
0
66.7
100
Martin (Marty) West
Harvard
37
2
0
1.6
3
0
17.8
0
5.2
66.5
ProfMartyWest
101
Kevin G. Welner
CU Boulder
30
8.5
0
2.3
6
0
19.5
0
0
66.3
102
Louis Gomez
UCLA
43
1.5
16.8
0.3
0
0
3.3
0
0
64.9
103
William Penuel
CU Boulder
50
2.5
4
0.5
0
0
1.9
0
5.5
64.4
bpenuel
104 (tie)
Barbara Schneider
Michigan State
48
9.5
0
0.2
0
0
6.5
0
0
64.2
104 (tie)
Angela Valenzuela
UT Austin
22
4.5
9.7
10
0
4
9.2
0
4.8
64.2
vlnzl
104 (tie)
Jeanne Brooks-Gunn
Columbia (TC)
50
6
0
3.7
0
0
4.5
0
0
64.2
107
Sylvia Hurtado
UCLA
50
3.5
0
1.2
1
0
7.6
0
0
63.3
108
Nonie K. Lesaux
Harvard
42
10
0
0.8
0
6
2
0
2.4
63.2
NonieLesaux
109
Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot
Harvard
21
17
12.8
2.3
5
0
4.4
0
0
62.5
110
David S. Yeager
UT Austin
33
0.5
8.9
0.2
0
6
13.4
0
0
62
111 (tie)
Susanna Loeb
Brown
50
1.5
0
1
1
2
5.7
0
0.7
61.9
SusannaLoeb
111 (tie)
Amy Stuart Wells
Columbia (TC)
42
8.5
0
0.5
1
4
5.8
0
0
61.9
113 (tie)
Aaron M. Pallas
Columbia (TC)
37
1.5
8
0
4
0
5.7
0
5.3
61.5
AMPallas
113 (tie)
Jason A. Grissom
Vanderbilt
32
1
0
0.3
7
10
6.3
0
4.9
61.5
JasonAGrissom
115
Bridget Terry Long
Harvard
39
0
0
0.6
5
2
9.7
0
5.1
61.4
bterrylong
116
Douglas N. Harris
Tulane
35
2
0
0.3
5
3
10.5
0
5.1
60.9
douglasharris99
117
Carola Suarez-Orozco
UCLA
45
3.5
4.5
1
0
0
6.5
0
0
60.5
118
Thomas Bailey
Columbia (TC)
18
8
6.7
0.3
0
2
25
0
0.1
60.1
BaileyCCRC
119
Ellen Goldring
Vanderbilt
50
5.5
0
0.2
0
2
2.1
0
0
59.8
120
Okhee Lee
NYU
50
2.5
0
0.7
0
2
4.3
0
0.2
59.7
LeeOl16
121
Kris D. Gutierrez
UC Berkeley
49
1
0
0.7
1
0
2
0
5.8
59.5
krisgu
122 (tie)
Ernest Morrell
Notre Dame
35
12.5
0
1.6
1
0
3.8
0
5.3
59.2
ernestmorrell
122 (tie)
Donald E. Heller
U. San Francisco
33
4.5
0
1.6
5
4
5.3
0
5.7
59.2
Donald_E_Heller
124
Stephanie M. Jones
Harvard
37
2
0
3
1
10
5.9
0
0
59
125 (tie)
Ronald Ferguson
Harvard
28
3.5
13.1
4.6
6
0
3.4
0
0
58.6
125 (tie)
Margaret (Maggie) Grogan
Chapman
33
5
8.5
0.7
1
0
4
0
6.4
58.6
edlead
125 (tie)
William Schmidt
Michigan State
45
7.5
0
0.2
1
2
2.7
0
0.2
58.6
bschmidt_msu
125 (tie)
Camilla P. Benbow
Vanderbilt
50
1
0
0.2
0
0
7.4
0
0
58.6
129
David F. Labaree
Stanford
33
15.5
0
1.1
0
1
4.2
0
3.6
58.5
DLabaree
130
Rucker Johnson
UC Berkeley
19
2
6.3
0.4
11
4
10.6
0
5
58.2
ProfRucker
131
Howard C. Stevenson
U. Penn
36
4
0
0.4
4
0
8.9
0
4.8
58.1
DrHoward_RECAST
132
Eva Baker
UCLA
47
6.5
0
0
1
0
3.2
0
0
57.8
133
Carolyn Heinrich
Vanderbilt
42
2
0
0.7
2
2
3.8
0
5.1
57.7
CJ_Heinrich
134
Brian A. Jacob
U. Michigan
45
0
0
2.1
2
0
8.4
0
0.1
57.6
BrianJacobProf
135
Roberto G. Gonzales
Harvard
24
4
9.5
2.4
2
0
9.4
0
5.9
57.2
RGGonzales1
136
Roland G. Fryer Jr.
Harvard
41
0
0
1
8
0
6.7
0
0
56.6
137
Alfredo Artiles
Arizona State
50
4
0
0.1
0
0
1.9
0
0.1
56.2
artilesaj
138
David K. Cohen
U. Michigan
43
7
0
1
0
2
2.1
0
0
55.1
139
Sandra E. Black
Columbia (Economics)
35
0
0
0.6
0
1
7
5
6.1
54.7
Econ_Sandy
140
Anthony Jack
Harvard
6
2
19
0.1
7
5
9.1
0
5.8
53.9
tony_jack
141
Josipa Roksa
U. Virginia
31
1.5
6.7
4.1
0
6
4.2
0
0
53.5
142
Charles M. Payne
Rutgers
18
8
11.5
10
2
2
1.9
0
0
53.4
143
Janelle Scott
UC Berkeley
25
1
4.2
0.4
3
0
14.2
0
5.5
53.3
janelletscott
144 (tie)
Mica Pollock
UC San Diego
14
7
15.3
3.9
2
4
2
0
4.7
52.9
micapollock
144 (tie)
Ivory Toldson
Howard
21
4
10.2
0.2
2
3
7.7
0
4.8
52.9
toldson
146
Julian Vasquez Heilig
U. Kentucky
21
0
0
0.7
6
5
12.5
0
6.3
51.5
ProfessorJVH
147
Cecilia Elena Rouse
Princeton
35
0.5
0
0.5
6
1
7.9
0
0
50.9
148
Morgan Polikoff
USC
23
0
0
0.2
7
7
7.3
0
6.3
50.8
mpolikoff
149
Carol D. Lee
Northwestern
40
2.5
0
1.2
0
0
7
0
0
50.6
150 (tie)
Margaret Beale Spencer
U. Chicago
45
0.5
0
0.5
0
0
4.1
0
0
50.1
150 (tie)
Pam Grossman
U. Penn
34
1
0
0.6
1
2
8.5
0
2.9
50.1
PamPennGSE
152
Peter Arcidiacono
Duke
31
0
0
4.4
4
2
7
0
0
48.4
153
Benjamin L. Castleman
U. Virginia
21
3.5
1.9
0.1
4
3
8.5
0
6.2
48.2
BenCastleman
154
Heather C. Hill
Harvard
41
0.5
0
0.5
1
0
5
0
0
48.1
155
Michael A. Rebell
Columbia (TC)
24
8.5
0
0.4
5
2
7.8
0
0
47.7
156
Django Paris
U. Washington
16
3.5
13.3
1
0
4
3.2
0
6.6
47.6
django_paris
157
David J. Deming
Harvard
20
0
0
0.4
10
2
9.5
0
5.1
47
ProfDavidDeming
158
James Wyckoff
U. Virginia
39
0
0
0.8
1
2
3
0
0
45.8
159
Jack Schneider
U. Massachusetts Lowell
11
6
0
0.2
10
7
4.4
0
6
44.6
Edu_Historian
160
Judith Scott-Clayton
Columbia (TC)
25
0
0
0.4
5
2
6
0
5.9
44.3
jscottclayton
161
Joshua S. Goodman
Brandeis
18
0
0
0.1
8
6
5.3
0
6.7
44
JoshuaSGoodman
162
Michael Podgursky
U. Missouri
38
2.5
0
0.5
1
0
1.2
0
0.1
43.2
podgurskym
163
Prudence Carter
UC Berkeley
20
4.5
1.1
3
1
0
7.1
0
6.3
43
prudencelcarter
164
Andrew Ho
Harvard
31
0
0
0
1
0
4.9
0
5.9
42.9
AndrewDeanHo
165
Katharine O. Strunk
Michigan State
19
0
0
0
7
6
4.4
0
6.1
42.6
KatharineStrunk
166
Tim Sass
Georgia State
39
0
0
0.2
2
0
1.1
0
0
42.3
167 (tie)
Diane Schanzenbach
Northwestern
31
0
0
0.5
0
2
3.1
0
5.5
42
dwschanz
167 (tie)
Elaine Allensworth
U. Chicago
34
1
0
0.6
2
0
2.6
0
1.8
42
E_Allensworth
169
Mark Berends
Notre Dame
34
2.5
0
0.3
0
0
2.6
0
2.4
41.8
berendma
170
Jonah Rockoff
Columbia (Business)
32
0
0
1.1
2
2
4.5
0
0
41.6
171
Ron Zimmer
U. Kentucky
36
1
0
0.2
0
2
2.2
0
0
41.4
172 (tie)
Kirabo Jackson
Northwestern
23
0
0
0.4
1
6
4.1
0
6.5
41
KiraboJackson
172 (tie)
Josh Cowen
Michigan State
22
0
0
0
4
4
5.5
0
5.5
41
joshcowenMSU
174
Eric Bettinger
Stanford
28
0
0
1.6
4
0
7.2
0
0
40.8
175
Marcus A. Winters
Boston U.
29
2
0
0.1
0
0
4.6
0
4.9
40.6
MarcusAWinters
176
Stacey Lee
U. Wisconsin-Madison
24
5.5
0
0.4
0
0
10.5
0
0
40.4
177
Jerlando Jackson
U. Wisconsin-Madison
25
2
0
0.1
5
1
1.8
0
4.8
39.7
DrJFLJackson
178
Matt Kraft
Brown
24
0
0
0.2
2
4
3
0
5.6
38.8
MatthewAKraft
179
Cory Koedel
U. Missouri
23
0.5
0
0.2
1
2
2.9
0
5.7
35.3
CoryKoedel
180
Lori Patton Davis
Ohio State
26
0.5
0
0
0
0
1.6
0
5.4
33.5
LoriPattonDavis
181
Sarah Reckhow
Michigan State
11
2.5
0
0.5
2
6
5.5
0
5.4
33
SReckhow
182
Vanessa Siddle Walker
Emory
14
7
0
1
2
2
6.8
0
0
32.9
183
Maisha Winn
UC Davis
12
6
8.5
0.7
0
0
5.4
0
0
32.6
184
Michael Lovenheim
Cornell
24
1
0
0.2
0
2
4.3
0
0
31.5
185
Daphna Bassok
U. Virginia
16
1
0
0.2
0
2
6.5
0
5.1
30.8
daphnabassok
186
Doug Webber
Temple
14
0
0
0
3
6
1.3
0
6.3
30.6
dougwebberecon
187
Stella Flores
NYU
19
0.5
0
0.2
0
1
1.8
0
5.7
28.2
ProfessorFlores
188
Vivian L. Gadsden
U. Penn
22
1.5
0
0.2
0
0
3.5
0
0
27.2
189
John P. Papay
Brown
22
0.5
0
0.1
2
0
2.2
0
0
26.8
190
Anna Egalite
North Carolina State
16
0
0
0
3
0
2
0
5.5
26.5
annaegalite
191
Patrick McGuinn
Drew
18
3
0
0.6
1
2
0.8
0
0
25.4
192
Jennifer Jennings
Princeton
20
0
0
0.3
3
0
1.8
0
0
25.1
193
Michael Feuer
George Washington
14
5
0
0
0
0
5.8
0
0.1
24.9
mjfeuer
194
Sarah Cohodes
Columbia (TC)
13
0
0
0.1
0
2
3.3
0
5.3
23.6
SarahCohodes
195
Nora Gordon
Georgetown
13
0
0
0.6
0
2
2.4
0
5.3
23.3
NoraEGordon
196
Jordan Matsudaira
Columbia (TC)
11
0
0
0.3
0
0
1.4
5
5.3
23
jdmatsudaira
197
Eric Taylor
Harvard
13
0
0
0.3
0
0
8.6
0
0.1
22.1
eric_s_taylor
198
Lesley Turner
Vanderbilt
14
0
0
0.4
0
3
3.3
0
0
20.6
199
David Steiner
Johns Hopkins
6
0
0
0.1
4
5
2.3
0
0
17.4
200
Ruth N. Lopez Turley
Rice
9
0
0
0
0
0
0.8
0
3.4
13.2
RuthLTurley
The top scorers are all familiar names. Topping the rankings was Stanford University’s Carol Dweck, the doyenne of “growth mindset.” Also making the top five, in order, were Stanford’s Linda Darling-Hammond, Harvard University’s Howard Gardner, Stanford’s Jo Boaler, and Harvard’s Raj Chetty. Rounding out the top 10 were NYU’s Diane Ravitch, UCLA’s Pedro Noguera, University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Gloria Ladson-Billings, Temple’s Sara Goldrick-Rab, and U. Penn’s Angela Duckworth.
Washington University education dean William F. Tate made the biggest single leap from last year, climbing 110 spots to 52nd place. His rise was boosted by media speculation that he was in line to be hired as the next chancellor at the University of Tennessee or president of the University of South Carolina. Others making the biggest jumps from last year included the University of Virginia’s Sarah Turner, UC-Berkeley’s Jesse Rothstein, Penn State’s Erica Frankenberg, and UC-Berkeley’s David Kirp.
Stanford placed three scholars in the top five and five in the top 20. Harvard, the University of Virginia, UCLA, and UC-Berkeley also placed multiple scholars in the top 20. In terms of overall representation, Harvard led the way with 23 ranked scholars; Stanford was second, with 17; and UCLA was third, with 14. All told, 58 universities had at least one scholar make the cut.
When it comes to the best-selling books penned by the top 200 scholars, Dweck’s Mindset: The New Psychology of Success continues to top the charts—14 years after its initial publication. Other books that fared especially well were Angela Duckworth’s Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance (2016), Richard Rothstein’s The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America (2018), Jo Boaler’s Mindset Mathematics: Visualizing and Investigating Big Ideas (2015), and Christopher Emdin’s For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood (2016). Remarkably, these are the exact same five books that held the top five spots last year. Year in and year out, this list of titles invariably offers a snapshot into the popular mood.
Now, if readers want to argue the construction, reliability, or validity of any or all of these metrics, feel free. This whole endeavor is an imprecise, highly imperfect exercise. Of course, the same can be said about college rankings, NFL quarterback ratings, or international scorecards of human rights. Yet, for all their imperfections, such efforts convey real information and help spark useful discussion. I hope the same is true here.
I welcome thoughts and questions and am happy to entertain any and all suggestions. So, take a look and have at it.
Tomorrow, we’ll break down the top 10 faculty in each discipline and highlight the top five junior faculty.
See more on the 2020 RHSU Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings here.
Correction: The original version of this post incorrectly listed Jeffrey Henig’s Education Press score. The chart has been updated accordingly.
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