A native of Washington, D.C., Dr. Barrington Edwards has more than 25 years experience as an educator and a scholar at various levels across many sectors: research universities, community colleges, and independent schools. Formally trained in the fields of history of science and African American studies, his academic work specializes in examining the scientific evolution of the theories of race in the histories of modern biology, medicine, and the social sciences. His specific scholarship has focused on the early social science work of W.E.B. Du Bois, whose pioneering contribution to American sociology laid the foundation for modern challenges to biological theories of race.
In 1992, Dr. Edwards graduated magna cum laude from the University of Missouri-Columbia with a Bachelor of Journalism degree. In 1995, he received a master’s degree in African and African-American Studies at Cornell University. In 2001, he received a Ph.D. in the history of science from Harvard University where he trained under Anne Harrington, Everett Mendelsohn and Cornel West.
For the past decade or so, Dr. Edwards has focused primarily on teaching. With a strong background in curriculum design, faculty development and mentoring, Dr. Edwards has expertise in developing, analyzing and employing successful instructional methods that produce desired student learning outcomes, ultimately transforming students into critical thinkers.
Currently, Dr. Edwards is a faculty member at an independent school in Atlanta.