Title
Associate Professor
Department
Berkeley School of Education
Faculty URL
https://gse.berkeley.edu/travis-j-bristol
Email
tjbristol@berkeley.edu
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Research Expertise and Interest
race and gender, urban schooling, organizational contexts of teachers' work, educational equity, African American students in schools
Research Description
Travis J. Bristol?is an?associate professor of teacher education and education policy at the University of California, Berkeley’s School of Education.?Before joining Berkeley's faculty, he was a Peter Paul Assistant Professor at Boston University.?Dr. Bristol's research is situated at the intersection of educational policy and teacher education. Using qualitative methods, he explores three related research strands: (1) the role of educational policies in shaping teacher workplace experiences and retention; (2)?district and school-based professional learning communities; (3) the role of race and gender in educational settings. Dr. Bristol's?research has appeared in peer-reviewed journals including?Urban Education, the American Educational?Research Journal,?the?Journal of Teacher?Education,?Teachers College Record, and Harvard Educational Review.?He?is currently co-editing (with Conra Gist)?The Handbook of Research on Teachers of?Color and Indigenous Teachers, which will be published by the American Educational Research Association (AERA).?
The?National?Academy?of Education/Spencer Foundation, Ford Foundation, and AERA awarded Dr. Bristol?dissertation fellowships in 2013.?In 2016, he received the?inaugural teacher diversity research award from the?American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education. In 2019, Dr. Bristol?received a Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship and?an emerging scholar award from the Comparative and International Education Society, African Diaspora SIG. In 2020, he received a?National Academy of Education/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship. In 2021, Dr. Bristol received the Early Career Award from AERA (Division-K).?More recently, in 2022 he received an AERA?Outstanding Reviewer (Educational Researcher)?Award.?
Dr. Bristol is on the editorial boards of?Urban Education?and the ?American Educational Research Journal.?He is also the chair of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Board of Directors and chairs the California Department of Education Teacher Diversity Advisory Group. Dr. Bristol is on the Board of Directors of Teach Plus; the?National?Center for Teacher Residencies; and the Albert Shanker Institute.
He is a former student and teacher in New York City public schools and teacher educator with the Boston Teacher Residency program. Dr. Bristol received his A.B. from Amherst College; an M.A. from Stanford University; and a Ph.D. from Teachers College, Columbia University.