Call Number:

Ms. Coll. 1520

Repository:

University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts

Extent:

3.3 gigabyte(s)

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Diana Slaughter Kotzin writings and research data, 1969-2011, Ms. Coll. 1520, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania

Date:

1969-2011 (inclusive)

Creator:

Slaughter-Defoe, Diana T.

Form:

Computer source media

Abstract:

Diana Slaughter Kotzin, Ph.D. (formerly Diana T. Slaughter-Defoe) was a professor and researcher specializing in urban education, primary education, parenting and child development, and home/school partnerships who spent the majority of her career at Northwestern University's School of Education and Social Policy, the Department of African American Studies, and Center for Urban Affairs and Policy Research (1978-1997) and University of Pennsylvania's Graduate School of Education in urban education (1998-2011). This collection documents Dr. Slaughter Kotzin's academic and research career through research articles, papers presented at conferences, and other writings; and raw research data. The entirety of this collection is represented digitally.

Dr. Diana Slaughter Kotzin, Ph.D. (formerly Diana T. Slaughter-Defoe) earned her B.A. (1962) and M.A. (1964) in Human Development from the University of Chicago, working as a Clinical Consultant in Child Psychopathology at the Woodlawn Mental Health Center and as a Research Assistant at the Urban Child Center at the University of Chicago.

From 1967-1968, Dr. Slaughter Kotzin held instructor positions at Kennedy-King College and then in the Department of Psychology at Howard University.

In 1968, she completed her Ph.D. from the Committee on Human Development at the University of Chicago, focusing on Human Development in Clinical Psychology, receiving a distinguished research award in 1969 from Pi Lambda Theta for her dissertation research that was conducted with a Chicago-area (Evanston, Illinois) Head Start population.

From 1968-1970, Dr. Slaughter Kotzin held a Research Associate position at the Child Study Center at Yale University, then an assistant professorship in Behavioral Sciences and Education on the Committee on Human Development and department of education at the University of Chicago (1970-1977).

From 1978-1997, she joined Northwestern University's School of Education and Social Policy, the Department of African American Studies, and Center for Urban Affairs and Policy Research.

From 1998-2011, Dr. Slaughter Kotzin held the inaugural Constance E. Clayton professor position in urban education of the University of Pennsylvania which, according to Dr. Slaughter Kotzin, may be "the first African American woman to have an endowed chair named after her at any education institution in the United States" (see file: "Papers and critiques presented at symposia, conferences, and meetings", circa 1969-2011, pusp-1520-002).

Dr. Slaughter Kotzin's area of expertise is in urban education, primary education, parenting and child development, and home/school partnerships, with other research interests including culture, primary education, and home-school relations facilitating in-school academic achievement.

Resources: Diana Slaughter Kotzin. Penn GSE. (n.d.). https://www.gse.upenn.edu/academics/faculty-directory/kotzin

Six faculty: Election to American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Almanac. (2022, May 10). https://almanac.upenn.edu/articles/six-faculty-election-to-american-academy-of-arts-and-sciences

Introduction from dr. Diana Slaughter-Defoe Guest editor. Penn GSE Perspectives on Urban Education. (n.d.). https://urbanedjournal.gse.upenn.edu/archive/volume-1-issue-1-spring-2002/introduction-dr-diana-slaughter-defoe-guest-editor

The Diana Slaughter Kotzin papers documents portions of Dr. Slaughter Kotzin's writings and research data during her career at the Child Study Center at Yale University (1969-1970), the University of Chicago (1970-1977), Northwestern University in the School of Education and Social Policy, Department of African American Studies, Center for Urban Affairs and Policy Research (1978-1997), and the University of Pennsylvania (1998-2011).

The entirety of the collection is in digital form, consisting of 3.3 gigabytes of low-resolution scans in the PDF file format. The original paper material was scanned by the University of Pennsylvania's University Archives and Records Center in June and July 2011 when Dr. Slaughter Kotzin transitioned from her position as Constance E. Clayton professor in urban education to professor emerita. After the material was scanned, the original paper material was destroyed as per university policy, leaving the digital files present in this collection as the archival record.

This collection is of value to anyone hoping to learn about Black children, women, and families in relation to urban education, primary education (or early childhood education), parenting and child development, home/school partnerships, the Head Start program, and sickle cell anemia through the writings and research data of Dr. Slaughter Kotzin, a specialist in development and clinical psychology.

Series I. Writings dates from circa 1969 to 2011 and consists of Dr. Slaughter Kotzin's own writing in the form of articles, book chapters, books, and drafts; papers and critiques presented at symposia, conferences, and meetings; book and dissertation reviews; and in correspondence with publishers and editors with attached drafts to papers.

Series II. Research data dates from 1976-1996 and provides researchers with raw machine- and human-readable research data from some of Dr. Slaughter Kotzin's studies conducted in the Chicago, Illinois area related to the Head Start program; children, mothers, and families in relation to their school experience; sickle cell anemia; family and friends; among other related topics relating to education and parenting of Black families.