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Jan Riggsbee

Professor of the Practice of Education
Education
Box 90739, Program in Education, Durham, NC 27708-0739
213 West Duke Building, Program in Education, Durham, NC

Selected Grants


NCICU Science of Reading Subgrant

Institutional SupportPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities · 2022 - 2024

Duke Teach House

Public ServicePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust · 2016 - 2022

Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers with Transformative Practice: Engaging Diverse Learners through Service-Learning

Public ServiceCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by Corporation for National Service · 2010 - 2013

Transcultural Inquiry: Internationalizing Teacher Preparation at Duke

Institutional SupportPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Josiah Charles Trent Memorial Foundation · 2006 - 2007

Fellowships, Gifts, and Supported Research


Seed Grant: Strategic community building: An alternative to discriminatory practices across disciplines (SCB) · 2020 Co-Lead · Awarded by: Duke Office for Faculty Advancement This project will pursue a set of enrichment activities for faculty in Arts & Sciences, Medicine, and the Focus Program organized around Duke’s new Mellon Sawyer Seminar series. Bringing together 27 faculty fellows from Duke and four other Triangle universities, this series explores four themes: minorities, underrepresented communities and language-based discrimination; linguistic diversity in education; multilingualism, immigration and identities; and indigenous and endangered languages. The group will meet for dinner discussions after attending specific lectures. Each team meeting will include students as well as faculty. https://facultyadvancement.duke.edu/2020-faculty-advancement-seed-grants-awardees