Alexinia Baldwin
Alexinia Young Baldwin (February 3, 1925 – January 21, 2017) was an American educator and professor emerita at the University of Connecticut who dedicated her research to the study of underserved gifted children. Baldwin is known for the creation of the "Baldwin Identification Matrix", an assessment model for identifying giftedness in African American and other historically underrepresented students in gifted education. Biography. Alexinia Young Baldwin was born in Alabama on February 3, 1925. She received a B.S. from Tuskegee University, an M.A. from University of Michigan, and a Ph.D. from the Neag School of Education at the University of  Connecticut. She was a teacher in the first program for gifted African American students in Alabama. In 1957, Alexinia Young Baldwin and her husband were successful in a civil liberties suit against the city of Birmingham, Alabama after being arrested in a white waiting room at the Birmingham Train Terminal. At the Neag School at the University of Connecticut, Baldwin studied under Professor Joseph Renzulli. After receiving her Ph.D., in 1971, Baldwin became a professor at University at Albany, SUNY. She returned to University of Connecticut in 1988 and served as a professor at the Neag School until her retirement  in 2003. Baldwin served on the Board of Directors of the National Association for Gifted Children, president of the Association for the Gifted (1978–1979), and as a US delegate to the World Council for the Gifted and Talented (1981–2003). Baldwin died on January 21, 2017 in Mansfield Center, Connecticut. She was 91 years old.