Alexinia Baldwin

Alexinia Young Baldwin (February 3, 1925 – January 21, 2017) was an American educator and professor emerita at the University of Connecticut who dedicated her research to the study of underserved gifted children.[1][2] Baldwin is known for the creation of the Baldwin Identification Matrix, an assessment model for identifying giftedness in African American and other historically underrepresented students in gifted education.[3][4]

Alexinia Young Baldwin
Born(1925-02-03)February 3, 1925
Alabama
DiedJanuary 21, 2017(2017-01-21) (aged 91)
Mansfield Center, CT
NationalityAmerican
Alma materTuskegee University, University of Michigan, University of Connecticut
OccupationEducator, Author

Biography

Alexinia Young Baldwin was born in Alabama on February 3, 1925. She received a B.S. from Tuskegee University, an M.A. from University of Michigan, and a Ph.D. from the Neag School of Education at the University of Connecticut.[5] She was a teacher in the first program for gifted African American students in Alabama.[5]

In 1957, Alexinia Young Baldwin and her husband were successful in a civil liberties suit against the city of Birmingham, Alabama after being arrested in a white waiting room at the Birmingham Train Terminal.[6][7][8]

At the Neag School at the University of Connecticut, Baldwin studied under Professor Joseph Renzulli.[9] After receiving her Ph.D., in 1971, Baldwin became a professor at University at Albany, SUNY. She returned to University of Connecticut in 1988 and served as a professor at the Neag School until her retirement in 2003.[9][7]

Baldwin served on the Board of Directors of the National Association for Gifted Children, president of the Association for the Gifted (1978–1979), and as a US delegate to the World Council for the Gifted and Talented (1981–2003).[10][5]

Baldwin died on January 21, 2017 in Mansfield Center, Connecticut. She was 91 years old.[11]

Publications
  • Baldwin Identification Matrix Inservice Kit for the Identification of Gifted & Talented Students (1977)
  • Baldwin, Alexinia Y., and Wilma Vialle. The Many Faces of Giftedness: Lifting the Masks (1999)
  • Culturally Diverse and Underserved Populations of Gifted Students (2004)

References
  1. Romey, Elizabeth (2013). Finding John Galt: People, Politics, and Practice in Gifted Education. Charlotte, North Carolina: Information Age Publishing. p. 73. ISBN 9781623963729.
  2. Gallagher, James (2004). Public Policy in Gifted Education. Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Corwin Press. pp. xvi. ISBN 9781412904377.
  3. Ford, Donna (Summer 1994). "Desegregation of gifted education programs: The impact of Brown on underachieving children of color". The Journal of Negro Education. 63: 358 – via ProQuest.
  4. Smutny, Joan F. (2003). Gifted Education: Promising Practices. Phi Delta Kappa International. p. 115.
  5. Nugent, Stephanie A. (2004). Profiles of Influence in Gifted Education: Historical Perspectives and Future Directions. Prufrock Press Inc. p. 9.
  6. "Negroes' Suit Trial is Ended". Times-Picayune. November 3, 1959.
  7. Renzulli, Joseph (November 12, 2017). "A Tribute to Alexinia Young Baldwin (1925 - 2017)". National Association for Gifted Children. Retrieved February 11, 2018.
  8. Civil Liberties Cases (PDF). National Archives and Records Administration. p. 4.
  9. Jones, Stephanie Dion (January 24, 2017). "In Memoriam: Professor Emerita Alexinia Baldwin '71 Ph.D." University of Connecticut.
  10. Persson, Roland S. (Spring 2001). "About the Authors". Journal of Advanced Academics: 189.
  11. Jones, Stefanie Dion (January 24, 2017). "In Memoriam: Professor Emerita Alexinia Baldwin '71 Ph.D." University of Connecticut. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
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