![Valerie Smith](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/assets/images/communications-office/experts_170202_valerie013_372x466_1.jpg)
Valerie Smith
Label: President of Swarthmore College
- Higher education leadership
- African-American literature
- Innovating the curriculum
- Black culture, film & photography
- Sustainability initiatives
![Jim Bock '90](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/assets/images/communications-office/experts_151118_bock_a_372x466_1.jpg)
Jim Bock '90
Label: Vice President and Dean of Admissions
- Higher education
- College admissions
![Tomoko Sakomura](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/assets/images/communications-office/experts_180816_sakomura_b_372x466_1_0.jpg)
Tomoko Sakomura
Label: Provost and Dean of the Faculty and Professor of Art History
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Japanese art history
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Higher education
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East Asian art
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The relationship between word and image in the visual culture of medieval Japan
![Edwin Mayorga](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/assets/images/communications-office/experts_170913_mayorga_b_372x466_1.jpg)
Edwin Mayorga
Label: Associate Professor of Educational Studies
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Education policy
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Social justice education
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U.S. Latinx education
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Urban politics & social movements
![Joseph Derrick Nelson](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/assets/images/communications-office/experts_Joseph_Derrick_Nelson_372x466_1.jpg)
Joseph Derrick Nelson
Label: Associate Professor of Educational Studies
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Race, boyhood & education
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Identity development
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Single-sex education
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Urban school reform
![Lisa Smulyan '76](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/assets/images/communications-office/experts_180320_smulyan_b_372x466_1.jpg)
Lisa Smulyan '76
Henry C. and Charlotte Turner Professor of Educational Studies
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Gender & education
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Comparative and international education
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Gendered history & construction of the teaching profession
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Educational communities, institutions & social contexts