Bailey Brown

Bailey Brown is an Assistant Professor in the Sociology and Anthropology Department at Spelman College since 2021. Her work bridges sociology of education, urban sociology, and inequality studies, focusing on how educational policies exacerbate disparities through race, gender, and class dynamics.

• PhD in Sociology (Columbia, 2020)
• BA in Sociology with minors in Urban Education and Africana Studies (UPenn, 2013)

Research Themes:

• Educational stratification mechanisms
• Racialized and gendered decision-making burdens
• Urban schooling ecosystems
• Policy impacts on family-school dynamics
• Intersectional analysis of systemic inequality

Scientific Contributions:

• Investigated school choice policy reproduction of inequality
• Developed frameworks for analyzing parental anxiety
• Advocated for interdisciplinary research methods
• Examined racial/gender disparities in computing education

Awards & Grants:

• Ford Foundation
• National Science Foundation
• Carnegie Corporation
• Rockefeller Foundation
• Spelman’s Gordon-Zeto Center for Global Education