Tabbye M. Chavous has been appointed as the executive director of the American Educational Research Association. She will begin her new role on August 11.
Dr. Chavous has been serving as a professor of education and psychology at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. An academic and administrative leader at the university for more than 25 years, she served as vice provost for equity and inclusion and chief diversity officer. Earlier in her tenure, she was co-director of the Center for the Study of Black Youth in Context at the university.
As a scholar, Dr. Chavous has dedicated her career to advancing educational equity. She has conducted extensive research on social and academic identity development among Black adolescents and young adults; achievement motivation processes among underrepresented students; and the measurement of educational climates on students’ academic, social, and psychological adjustment.
Dr. Chavous holds a Ph.D. in community psychology from the University of Michigan