Baldridge is an assistant professor with the Department of Educational Policy Studies. She is a sociologist of education and the author of the forthcoming book, “Reclaiming Community: Race and the Uncertain Future of Youth Work.”

This is the second major honor for Baldridge in the past couple weeks, as earlier this month she learned she would be receiving an Outstanding Women of Color award from the university.

UW–Madison’s Distinguished Teaching Awards are an honor given out since 1953 to recognize the university’s finest educators. Chancellor Rebecca Blank and Provost Sarah Mangelsdorf will present the awards at a 5 p.m. ceremony April 10 at the Pyle Center. The ceremony, sponsored by the Office of the Secretary of the Faculty, is free and open to the public.

To learn about all of this year’s Distinguished Teaching Award winners, check out this University Communications report.