Stanford professor elected president of the National Academy of Education

Stanford Graduate School of Education (GSE) Professor Alfredo J. Artiles has been selected to be the next president of the National Academy of Education. 

Beginning in October 2025, Artiles will serve a four-year term. He is the fifth Stanford scholar to hold the title. He will replace current president Carol Lee, a professor emeritus of education at Northwestern University, who is in the final year of her term.

“This is a tremendous achievement. Alfredo is a strong advocate for education and knows deeply the value of education research,” said Dan Schwartz, the I. James Quillen Dean at the GSE.

In his new role, Artiles says he hopes to produce and advance educational research while building on the work of past presidents to shape the future of education.

“Learning about my election as president was a humbling and joyful moment given the impact and importance of the NAEd in the field and its importance in my own trajectory in this illustrious community,” Artiles said.

Artiles, who joined the GSE in 2020, studies how disability can be used as both an object of protection and a tool of stratification in education settings. His work focuses on topics such as the cultural-historical contexts of racial disparities in special education and discipline, and whether a disability diagnosis is associated with differential consequences for minoritized groups.

Artiles brings extensive experience as an interdisciplinary scholar to the role having served as vice president of the American Educational Research Association’s Division on the Social Contexts of Education, member of several consensus panels of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, and resident fellow at the Center for Advanced Studies in the Behavioral Sciences.

“I am a firm believer in the power of rigorous educational research to transform people’s lives, address societal inequalities, and contribute to the public good,” said Artiles, who is also a faculty affiliate of the Stanford Accelerator for Learning. “I also have deep expertise in the study of differences and opportunities in educational systems.”

“These values, personal experiences, and expertise will serve me well as I work to enact the vision and mission of the NAEd,” he said.

Founded in 1965, the National Academy of Education advances education research and its use in policy formation and practice. The Academy consists of U.S. members and foreign associates elected based on outstanding education-related scholarship.