Greg Wiggan

Greg Wiggan is Professor of Urban Education, Adjunct Professor of Sociology, and affiliate faculty member of Africana Studies. His research addresses school effects that promote high achievement in urban and other minoritized students. 

He has completed more than 100 publications, inclusive of over 30 education books. His work appears in more than 80 countries and over 6,500 college and university libraries globally (WorldCat, 2025). Some of his books have been translated into other languages including German and Spanish, among others (WorldCat, 2025). His recent publications include: Teacher Education to Enhance Diversity in STEM; The Healing Power of Education; Race, Class, Gender, and Immigrant Identities; The Day Racism Died, “Countering miseducation,” and “The genius of Imhotep,” among others. Dr. Wiggan is the recipient of the 2023 AERA Carlos J. Vallejo Memorial Award for Exemplary Scholarship, as well as the National Association for Multicultural Education’s Carter G. Woodson Award (2023) for outstanding research contribution.