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Bianca J. Baldridge is an Associate Professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, specializing in community-based education and critical youth work practice. A sociologist, her research investigates the sociopolitical contexts that shape community-based youth work, particularly focusing on the intersections of race, class, and gender in educational reforms and their impact on spaces engaged with Black and Latine youth. Her acclaimed book, 'Reclaiming Community: Race and the Uncertain Future of Youth Work,' published by Stanford University Press, received the 2019 Critics’ Choice Book Award from the American Educational Studies Association. Baldridge supported her work with a National Academy of Education/Spencer Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship, exploring racial disparity discourses in community spaces for Black youth. Her latest investigations address equity in the out-of-school time sector and the challenges faced by Black youth workers within anti-Black environments. Baldridge has published in prominent journals like the American Educational Research Journal and Educational Researcher. Her commitment to engaged research drives her collaboration with national youth development networks, aiming to nurture justice-oriented practices in youth development.
Administered by the Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS).