Terrenda White

Terrenda White is an associate professor in the Department of Educational Foundations, Policy & Practice at the University of Colorado Boulder. A sociologist of education, she studies school reform, charter schools, privatization, teachers’ unions, teacher diversity, and the experiences of Black students, families, teachers, and school leaders. She is a former elementary school teacher and previously coordinated education programs for incarcerated students on New York City’s Rikers Island.

White holds a PhD in Sociology and Education from Teachers College, Columbia University, an MS in Elementary Education from Loyola Marymount University, and a BS in Human Development and Psychological Services from Northwestern University. She is the author of peer-reviewed articles on charter schools, race, school culture, and teacher turnover, and coauthor of Twenty-First-Century Jim Crow Schools: The Impact of Charters and Vouchers on Public Education.