James Moore, III

The Ohio State University

Professor

James L. Moore III, PhD, is the inaugural EHE Distinguished Professor of Urban Education and professor of counselor education at The Ohio State University. He is a prominent education researcher, scholar, educator, consultant, administrator, policy leader, and public servant in the United States and has held numerous senior positions in higher education, government, and K-12. A co-founder of the International Colloquium on Black Males in Education and former executive director of the long gone Todd Anthony Bell National Resource Center on the African American Male, Dr. Moore is internationally recognized for his work on Black men and boys. With a strong focus on school counseling, urban education, gifted education, higher education, multicultural education/counseling, and STEM education, he has co-edited and co-authored eight books and published over 180 publications; obtained nearly million in grants, contracts, and gifts; and given over 200 scholarly presentations and lectures across the world. Since 2018, Dr. Moore has been cited by Education Week as one of the 200 most influential scholars and researchers in the United States, and his work has been consistently recognized by the American Educational Research Association, American Counseling Association, National Association for Gifted Children, National Association for Multicultural Education, American Council of Education, Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities, MENSA International, etc. Additionally, he is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Educational Research Association, American Counseling Association, Oxford Symposium for School-Based Family Counseling, and, more recently, he was elected to the National Academy of Education.