Davarian Baldwin is an internationally recognized scholar, author, and public advocate. He currently serves as the Raether Distinguished Professor of American Studies and founding director of the Smart Cities Research Lab at Trinity College. His academic and political commitments have focused on global cities and particularly the diverse and marginalized communities that struggle to maintain sustainable lives in urban locales.

Baldwin is the award-winning author of several books, most recently In the Shadow of the Ivory Tower: How Universities Are Plundering Our Cities (Bold Type Books, 2021). He is currently finishing Land of Darkness: Chicago and the Making of Race in Modern America.

Baldwin currently organizes with Scholars for Social Justice, American Association of University Professors, and community groups across the country. His opinions and commentaries have been featured in numerous outlets from NBC News, BBC, and Hulu to the New Yorker, the Washington Post, and Time magazine.

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