Gloria Ladson-Billings

Gloria Ladson-Billings is Professor Emerita and former Kellner Family Distinguished Professor of Urban Education at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. She earned a bachelor’s degree in education from Morgan State University, a master’s degree in curriculum and instruction from the University of Washington, and a Ph.D. in curriculum and teacher education from Stanford University. She was the first Black woman tenured in UW–Madison’s School of Education and served as president of the American Educational Research Association and the National Academy of Education.

Her books include The Dreamkeepers: Successful Teachers of African American Children, Crossing Over to Canaan: The Journey of New Teachers in Diverse Classrooms, and Beyond the Big House: African American Educators on Teacher Education. She is also a contributor to Choosing to See: A Framework for Equity in the Math Classroom, co-authored with Pamela Seda and Kyndall Brown.