Thanks for visiting my site. My name is Amelia Simone Herbert and I am an educator, scholar, and writer from Rahway, New Jersey. I am currently an Assistant Professor of Education and Urban Studies at Barnard College, Columbia University.

I research and teach on the roles that education plays in the construction, articulation, and subversion of racialized inequality in global perspective. Prior to doctoral studies, I taught in Newark, New Jersey for nearly a decade and I have also worked as a teacher educator in programs that serve schools in New York City and Cape Town. My experiences as a teacher and learner fuel my commitment to research on the complex meanings of schooling in lived experiences.

My research has been supported by the Ford Foundation, the Fulbright-Hays Program, the American Association of University Women, and the National Academy of Education/ Spencer Foundation. I earned a Ph.D. in Anthropology and Education from Columbia University and a B.A. in History from Duke University. I am passionate about poetry—reading, teaching, writing, and living it.