La’Tara Osborne-Lampkin

La’Tara Osborne-Lampkin is a senior research associate with the Florida Center for Reading Research at the University of Florida. She was previously associate in research and lead researcher with the Regional Educational Laboratory, Southeast School Leadership Research Alliance; chair of the American Educational Research Association, Division L Educational Policy and Politics, Affirmative Action (Diversity, Inclusion & Equity) Committee. Her research focuses on accountability policies and reform efforts designed to increase educational outcomes for underrepresented student populations in K–12 and post-secondary settings, with a recent focus on principal-related reform efforts. As a policy and research scholar, she is particularly interested in conducting and advancing research on policies and practices designed to enhance the recruitment, retention, and outcomes of minority faculty and graduate students in higher education institutions.

updated 2024